Consolation for an Exile (Chronicles of Isaac of Girona)

Roe, Caroline

ISBN 10: 0425198375 / ISBN 13: 9780425198377

Published by Berkley Hardcover, 2004

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320 pages, 22 cm, with dust jacket, fine copy. FIRST EDITION . The spring of 1355 brings unexpected changes in Girona. For Isaac the physician, it is time to bid farewell to his student Yusuf, who has become a well-loved member of the family. Yusuf heads to Grenada to meet his real family after they thought him dead for years. Leaving Girona and its problems behind, Yusuf faces challenges of his own as he tries to acquit himself appropriately at the court of his cousin in Grenada. Though he is overjoyed to see his family, two narrow escapes from danger lead him to believe that someone within the castle walls is less than happy about his return. Fleeing for his life, the boy heads for the only truly safe haven he knows. As political, religious, and familial intrigue once again converge on Girona, Isaac copes with the sudden passing of a patient. Now, Isaac must use all his skills and every clue at his disposal to untangle an elaborate web of lies, secrets, and ambition-before another victim is claimed. 320 p.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Consolation for an Exile (Chronicles of Isaac of Girona)
• Publisher: Berkley Hardcover
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0425198375
• ISBN 13: 9780425198377
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1. Auflage.
• Condition: very good
• Book Type: Buch
• Seller catalogs:
  • English books

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Synopsis

After years with his mentor Isaac, Yusuf, a young student, heads home to Grenada, to a reunion with his long-lost family, and to a position at the court of his cousin, but two narrow escapes from danger send him fleeing for his life, while, back in Girona, Isaac investigates the mysterious and sudden death of one of his patients, in a mystery set in fourteenth-century Spain.

About the Author

Caroline Roe is the pseudonym of acclaimed mystery author Medora Sale. She is a graduate of the prestigious Centre for Medieval Studies at the University of Toronto. She holds a Ph.D. in Medieval Studies.