Linda Lafferty
Within the glittering Hapsburg court in Prague lurks a darkness of which no one dares speak...,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 sonâ€™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 bloodletterâ€™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 Juliusâ€™s frenzied --and dangerous-- obsession. To him, she is the embodiment of the women pictured in the Coded Book of Wonder, a priceless manuscript from the imperial library that was the mad princeâ€™s 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, canâ€™t stay away.,Inspired by a real-life murder that threatened to topple the powerful Hapsburg dynasty, ,The Bloodletterâ€™s Daughter, is a dark and richly detailed saga of passion and revenge.
Historical,Historical Fiction,Fiction,Historical,Romance,Mystery,Literature,17th Century,Adult,Thriller,Drama,Literature
The Bloodletter's Daughter: A Novel of Old Bohemia