Prague nights /
Benjamin Black.
- London : Viking, 2017.
- 330 pages ; 21 cm.
Novel.
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...
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Rudolf, II, Holy Roman Emperor 1552-1612. Rudolf, Holy Roman Emperor, 1552-1612. Rudolf, II, Holy Roman Emperor 1552-1612. Rudolf, II, Holy Roman Emperor 1552-1612 --Fiction.
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Historical fiction. Detective and mystery stories. Mistresses--Crimes against--Fiction. Emperors--Fiction. Murder--Investigation--Czech Republic--Prague--16th century--Fiction. Physicians--Fiction. Courts and courtiers. Murder--Investigation. Murder--Investigation--Fiction. Courts and courtiers--Fiction.