the apothecary rose a medieval mystery candace m robb

Armstrong launched into the opening stanzas, and within a few lines Candace’s ears adjusted to the middle English-and she was hooked. A gifted teacher, lively, witty, always laughing even when cringing at a lazy response, Dr. Growing up, Candace Robb wanted to be a ballerina, tap dancer, folk singer, journalist-but on the day that she walked into Liz Armstrong’s undergraduate class on Chaucer’s Troilus and Criseyde, that all changed. Lovingly detailed, beautifully written, THE APOTHECARY ROSE is a captivating and suspenseful tale of life, love, and death in medieval England. And the woman he has come to love is his prime suspect. As Owen unravels a tangled history of scandal and tragedy, he discovers at its center a desperate, forbidden love twisted over time into obsession. But he finds Wilton bedridden, with the shop being run by his lovely, enigmatic young wife, Lucie. Under the guise of a disillusioned soldier keen to make a fresh start, Owen insinuates himself into Wilton’s apothecary as an apprentice. In the wake of these deaths, the archbishop dispatches one-eyed spy Owen Archer to York to find the murderer. One victim is a pilgrim, while the second is Thoresby’s ne’er-do-well ward, both apparently poisoned by a physic supplied by Master Apothecary Nicholas Wilton.

Mary’s Abbey catch the attention of the powerful John Thoresby, Lord Chancellor of England and Archbishop of York. In the year of our Lord 1363, two suspicious deaths in the infirmary of St. “Suspenseful, historically accurate, and blessed with a wonderful cast of characters, THE APOTHECARY ROSE is an absolute delight from start to finish…” - Charles de Lint, author of the Newford Series Publisher: Diversion Books (July 28, 2015) They are being re-released to celebrate the two newest books – The Guilt of Innocents and A Vigil of Spies. I will be reviewing 9 of the 10 books in the Owen Archer Series. I received a free ecopy for my honest review.

The apothecary rose a medieval mystery candace m robb