TY - BOOK AU - Black,Benjamin TI - Prague nights SN - 0241197376 AV - PR6052.A57 P73 2017 U1 - 823.92 23 PY - 2017/// CY - [London] UK PB - Viking KW - Rudolf, KW - Historical fiction KW - Detective and mystery stories KW - Mistresses KW - Crimes against KW - Fiction KW - Emperors KW - Murder KW - Investigation KW - Czech Republic KW - Prague KW - 16th century KW - Physicians KW - Courts and courtiers KW - fast KW - Prague (Czech Republic) KW - History KW - Mystery fiction KW - gsafd KW - Suspense fiction KW - Detective and mystery fiction KW - Crime-Historical KW - Adult fiction KW - Print KW - Irish fiction KW - In English KW - 21st century KW - lcgft N1 - Novel N2 - The emperor's mistress had been murdered, and the world had been taken hold of and turned upon its head' Prague, 1599. Christian Stern, a young doctor, has just arrived in the city. On his first evening, he finds a young woman's body half-buried in the snow. The dead woman is none other than the emperor's mistress, and there's no shortage of suspects. Stern is employed by the emperor himself to investigate the murder. In the search to find the culprit, Stern finds himself drawn into the shadowy world of the emperor's court - unspoken affairs, letters written in code, and bitter rivalries. But there's no turning back now ER -