ISBN The Assassin's Prayer book English Paperback 432 pages

'I'd like to crown Ariana Franklin Queen of the Historical Mystery!' TESS GERRITSEN
The King of England has called upon his
Mistress of the Art of Death
- anatomist and doctor Adelia Aguilar - to accompany 10-year-old Princess Joanna on her
thousand-mile journey to marry the King of Sicily. They must take with them the
legendary sword
Excalibur
.
And so Adelia sets sail with the
golden
princess
and her
lavish
party of nobles, musicians, servants, laundresses, grooms, luggage and treasure. But when members of the procession
begin to
die
and it looks as though Adelia is to blame, there are
dangerous accusations of
witchcraft
.
Meanwhile one traveller, armed with a
brilliant
disguise
and a
personal
vendetta
, has been watching Adelia all too closely. This
secret
assassin
wants her
dead
. . . but he wants her to
suffer
first.
'An excellent medieval mystery, full of colour and tension'CHOICE
________
Readers are enthralled byThe Assassin's Prayer:
'Great characters and a
gripping plot packed full of historical detail
' *****
'
Masterly
. . . A mixture of history, mystery, a poignant romance and a gripping plot' *****
'A
totally engrossing
medieval tale' *****