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In The Presence of Evil
Christine de Pizan Mystery (Related to this series)
- Author
- Tania Bayard
- Narrator
- Steven Crossley
- Publisher
- Highbridge Company
- Publish Date
- 30 April 2019
- Run Time
- 10 hours 3 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Paris, 1393. Recent widow Christine de Pizan became a scribe to support her family, but when she is called to the palace to work, she dreads going. There, everyone fears the king's attacks of unreason and they believe the charlatans who claim they can cure him with vile potions. But when a mysterious book of magic leaves a trail of real murdered bodies in its wake, Christine has more than black magic to worry about.
Then one of the king's favorites, Hugues de Précy, is found murdered and his wife Alix de Clairy is blamed. Can Christine prove Alix's innocence and save her from being burned at the stake?
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Details
- Author
- Tania Bayard
- Narrator
- Steven Crossley
- Duration
- 10 hours 3 minutes
- Release Date
- 30 April 2019
- ISBN
- 9781684570232
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Highbridge Company
- Genre
- Fiction: general and literary, Historical crime and mysteries, Historical fiction, Crime and mystery fiction, Crime and mystery: women sleuths
Synopsis
Introducing scribe sleuth Christine de Pizan in the first of an intriguing new historical mystery series set in fourteenth-century FranceParis, 1393. Recent widow Christine de Pizan became a scribe to support her family, but when she is called to the palace to work, she dreads going. There, everyone fears the king's attacks of unreason and they believe the charlatans who claim they can cure him with vile potions. But when a mysterious book of magic leaves a trail of real murdered bodies in its wake, Christine has more than black magic to worry about.Then one of the king's favorites, Hugues de Précy, is found murdered and his wife Alix de Clairy is blamed. Can Christine prove Alix's innocence and save her from being burned at the stake?
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