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Title: A Personal Devil: A Magdalene la Batarde Mystery by Roberta Gellis ISBN: 0-312-87593-2 Publisher: Forge Pub. Date: 07 September, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.67 (6 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Very good reading!
Comment: Set in the year of 1139. Sabina, a gentle blind woman employed at the Old Priory Guesthouse, accepted the offer of Master Mainard to live exclusively with him. Since Mainard's face was horribly birth marked, everyone believed that his wife, Bertrild, would be glad she was rid of him. Instead, Bertrild was furious! She attacked Sabina and demanded Mainard return the doxy to the bordello. As Sabina and Mainard thought about what to do, Bertrild was murdered. Of course, her husband was the prime suspect. Sabina feared Mainard would hang. She went to her old mistress, Magdalene la Bâtarde, for help.
Magdalene cared about the women who worked for her. She would use her powerful friends in high places to seek out the real murderer.
***** Sir Bellamy of Itchen returns to help Magdalene unravel this mystery. Author Roberta Gellis did an outstanding job in creating a realistic murder mystery plot set in a fascinating time of history. The action began on the very first page and was able to hold my interest until the end. Fan of Sherlock Holmes, in my opinion, will especially enjoy this novel. Recommended!
Rating: 4
Summary: Brings medieval England to life in a most entertaining way.
Comment: At first I was put off by the author setting these tales in the the whorehouse know as "the Old Priory Guesthouse" but I was eventually won over by the well drawn characters and high level of historical detail. The plot moves along nicely and has enough twists and turns to keep you guessing, and the dramatic conclusion is a logical consequence of the suspenseful storyline. Twelfth-century England has not been so well portrayed since Ellis' Brother Cadfael series... and it seems not so far away in the humanity described between these pages. Highly Recommended for readers of historical mystery and fiction.
Rating: 4
Summary: An absorbng read
Comment: Thank you, Ms. Gellis for another good read. I truely enjoyed the book and the historical information included was a real treat. I am looking forward to what you do next. Thanks again!
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Title: Bone of Contention : A Magdalene la Batarde Mystery by Roberta Gellis ISBN: 0765305542 Publisher: Forge Pub. Date: 01 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: A Mortal Bane by Roberta Gellis ISBN: 081257236X Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: 17 September, 2001 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Thrice Bound by Roberta Gellis ISBN: 0671318349 Publisher: Baen Books Pub. Date: 31 July, 2001 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Lucrezia Borgia and the Mother of Poisons by Roberta Gellis ISBN: 0765300206 Publisher: Forge Pub. Date: 01 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The Templar's Penance (The Medieval West Country Mysteries) by Michael Jecks ISBN: 0755301714 Publisher: Headline Book Pub Ltd Pub. Date: November, 2003 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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