The Bloodletter's Daughter by Linda Lafferty

The Bloodletter's Daughter by Linda Lafferty

Within the glittering Hapsburg court in Prague lurks a darkness that no one dares mention... In 1606, the city of Prague shines as a golden mecca of art and culture carefully cultivated by Emperor Rudolf II. But the emperor hides an ugly secret: His bastard son, Don Julius, is afflicted with a madness that pushes the young prince to unspeakable depravity. Desperate to stem his son’s growing number of scandals, the emperor exiles Don Julius to a remote corner of Bohemia, where the young man is placed in the care of a bloodletter named Pichler. The bloodletter’s task: cure Don Julius of his madness by purging the vicious humors coursing through his veins. When Pichler brings his daughter Marketa to assist him, she becomes the object of Don Julius’s frenzied--and dangerous--obsession. To him, she embodies the women pictured in the Coded Book of Wonder, a priceless manuscript from the imperial library that was his only link to sanity. As the prince descends further into the darkness of his mind, his acts become ever more desperate, as Marketa, both frightened and fascinated, can’t stay away. Inspired by a real-life murder that threatened to topple the powerful Hapsburg dynasty, The Bloodletter’s Daughter is a dark and richly detailed saga of passion and revenge.

Linda Lafferty spent over three decades teaching in public schools, ranging from the American School of Madrid to the Boulder Valley schools to the Aspen school district. She earned her doctorate in bilingual special education and worked in that sector as well as teaching English as a second language and bilingual American history. Linda's first love is horses, and she spent a year in England equestrian with the University of Lancaster's riding team. Her uncle introduced her to the sport of polo when she was a youngster, and she competed in her first polo tournament when she was seventeen. Linda adores Siena, Italy, and the people who live there, and has visited the city six times in the last three years to conduct research for her novel.

Linda's past works include The Bloodletter's Daughter, The Drowning Guard, and House of Bathory. Her husband and she live in Colorado.

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ISBN 13	9781612184654
ISBN 10	1612184650
Title	The Bloodletter's Daughter
Author	Linda Lafferty
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Amazon Publishing
Year published	2012-09-04
Number of pages	512
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.