Bayard Tania - In The Company Of Fools - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: A baby abandoned in the palace gardens leads scribe sleuth Christine de Pizan into a mystery involving murder superstition and scandal in fourteenth - century France. Paris 1396. Scribe Christine de Pizan is shocked when the Duke of Orl ans fools find a baby wrapped in rags and covered in sores abandoned in the palace gardens. Was there really a wicked plan to substitute the child for the queen's own baby daughter and blame the Duchess of Orl ans Valentina Visconti? Who would commit such an evil act and why? Accused of being a sorceress Valentina is the victim of much slander and has powerful enemies at the palace where rumours of witchcraft and superstition run riot. Convinced of the duchess's innocence Christine is determined to uncover the truth and soon makes a number of disturbing discoveries. Could the palace fools be the key to unlocking the mystery?
Title: In The Company Of Fools
Author(s): Bayard Tania
Publisher: Canongate Books
Barcode: 9781780296784
Pages: 224 Pages
Publication Date: 1/27/2022
Series: A Christine de Pizan Mystery
Category: Historical Mysteries