The bloodletter's daughter : a novel of old Bohemia / Linda Lafferty.
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 illegitimate 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' 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. Inspired by the true story of a murder that threatened to topple the powerful Hapsburg dynasty.
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- ISBN: 9781612184654
- ISBN: 1612184650
- Physical Description: xiii, 490 pages ; 21 cm
- Publisher: Las Vegas, Nev. : Amazon Pub., [2012]
- Copyright: ©2012
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- Includes reading group guide.
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| Madison Main Library | FIC LAF (Text) | 30229100924496 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
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