In the Time of the Poisoned Queen
Worth buying if: Ann Dukthas’s Nicholas Segalla time-crossing investigations.
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Summary
Ann Dukthas sets Nicholas Segalla on a historical whodunit: was the ‘poisoned queen’ murdered, and by whom among the whispering courtiers? Layer by layer, the scholar-detective unpicks motive, method, and myth.
Why this book now
A sharp return to Ann Dukthas’s Segalla investigations for anyone craving a royal-death mystery with archival cunning.
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- Ann Dukthas’s Nicholas Segalla time-crossing investigations.
- Intrigue-laced royal-court murder puzzles.
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- You dislike speculative solutions to unresolved history.
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Exact edition: Edition shown · ISBN-13 9780312180300
Worth buying if: Ann Dukthas’s Nicholas Segalla time-crossing investigations.
Skip it if: You want contemporary police procedure and forensics.
Check Amazon for the current price and availability of this exact edition.
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Reading commitment
Light Short sit-downs
At 273 pages, this is a compact historical mystery you can finish over a weekend without skimming the court politics.
What stands out here
St. Martin’s Press, 1998; a 273-page entry featuring Ann Dukthas’s Nicholas Segalla investigating the so-called poisoned queen.
Best way to approach it
Keep notes on names and allegiances, follow Segalla’s breadcrumb clues, and let the court gossip and documents guide each deduction.
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Exact edition: ISBN-13 9780312180300
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