Used Book – C. Roe, A Remedy for a Charlatan

In 1353, the sudden death of three healthy young men stunned the inhabitants of Girona. For them, witchcraft was at the root of these violent deaths. But for Isaac, the blind Jewish doctor and friend of the Bishop of Girona, whom we saw at work in The Sword of the Archangel, an unknown assailant poisoned the trio. Accompanied by his apprentice Yusuf and his daughter Raquel, he then embarks on a race against time to prove that behind the apparent diabolical illness lies in fact a relentless and tortuous artist. With this second investigation featuring a particularly original hero, Caroline Roe paints a vivid picture of 14th century Spain and ranks among the foremost heirs of Van Gulik and Ellis Peters in the art of historical crime fiction.