by Sharon Kay Penman · Edhasa · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788435006750
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«El hombre de la reina» is the historical mystery novel by Sharon Kay Penman, published by Edhasa in paperback (432 pages, in Spanish).
In 1193, Justin de Quincy receives a bloodstained letter from a dying man for Eleanor of Aquitaine. The queen, who does not believe in the death of her son Richard the Lionheart, commissions the young man to investigate the king's disappearance. His search traverses the corridors of the court and the intrigues surrounding Eleanor, testing his shrewdness and courage.
«El hombre de la reina» is the first installment in the Justin de Quincy series; it was originally published as The Queen's Man and was nominated for the Edgar Award for Best First Novel.
For readers of historical and mystery fiction; the action takes place in medieval twelfth-century England.
Sharon Kay Penman was an American historical novelist, published in the UK as Sharon Penman. She was best known for the Welsh Princes Trilogy and the Plantagenet series. In addition, she wrote four medieval mysteries, the first of which, The Queen's Man, was a finalist in 1996 for the Best First Mystery Edgar Award.
