Used to being treated with some respect, or at least tolerated, in the only University in Europe that awarded degrees in medicine to women, Adelia has to walk a tightrope in England.
But they’re above all the parents, uncles, grandparents, siblings and friends of four murdered children who deserve justice.Īnd the person at the heart of the story, the one determined from the beginning to speak for the children who couldn’t speak anymore - and whose screams had mercifully ended - is Vesuvia Adelia Rachel Ortese Aguilar, the mistress of the art of death sent from the University of Salerno at the order of the King of Sicily by request from his relative, the King of England. They can also be fanatical, prejudiced, desperate, shrewd, vocally incomprehensible and stubborn. It was delightful to again visit the people of the Fens, the true English as you described them in “ The Morning Gift” and at times they are odd. And while this isn’t truly a romance book, readers will be rewarded with one between two complex and fascinating people. The display of English Common Law had me wishing, as you implied, that Henry II were better known for more than ordering the death of Thomas a Becket because it should be his legacy to the English speaking peoples. The various characters who became real for me, the times in which I was immersed, the clues to the mystery that grabbed me from the start and as evil a villain as I ever hope roasts in hell for all eternity. I closed the book and lay there, stunned and happy, as I tried to absorb the total story, the ending that wasn’t the end and the ending that was. Then I would have grabbed my cat, my dog and my copies of your books before running for the door. My heart was racing, I was glued to the book and if a fire had started somewhere in my house, I honestly don’t think I would have noticed until I turned the last page. What can I say? I finished “ Mistress of the Art of Death” late in the evening after reading non-stop for almost 200 pages.
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