The daughter of a naval commander, linda lafferty attended fourteen different schools growing up, ultimately graduating from the university of colorado with a masters degree and a phd in bilingualspecial education. The bloodletters daughter is a very well researched, well written historical fiction about marketa pichlerova, a bath maid in bohemia in the early 1600s and her relationship with don julius, the mad son of king rudolph ii. The bloodletters daughter a novel of old bohemia by linda. It is wielded by brador and is part of the old hunters dlc. A novel of old bohemia from the worlds largest community of readers. Not because it was 512 pages long although that certainly didnt help but because it didnt really know what kind of book it wanted to be. Click the cover image to check out or request the historical fiction. Linda lafferty audio books, best sellers, author bio. When the prince meets the bloodletter s daughter marketa, his madness sparks a frenziedand dangerousobsession.
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As the prince descends further into the darkness of his mind, his acts become ever more desperate, as marketa, both frightened and fascinated, cant stay away. Based on historic fact, the legend of the bloodletter s daughter retells part of the bloody history of 16th17th century bohemia, with a little poetic license. Banished to a remote corner of bohemia, don julius comes under the care of a bloodletter who works to purge the vicious humors. I had never read anything about this regions history, interesting.
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