Le Glaive de l'Archange

Synopsis of Le Glaive de l'Archange

«Le Glaive de l'Archange» is the historical mystery novel by Caroline Roe, published by Editions 10/18 in paperback (317 pages, in French).

In the summer of 1348, with plague ravaging Spain, the blind Jewish physician Isaac, assisted by his wife Judith, his apprentice Yusuf and his daughter Raquel, investigates the death of a nun in public baths and the strange infected wound of the bishop's niece, as well as a plot against King Peter of Aragon.

First instalment of the Chronicles of Isaac of Girona series. This edition is the French translation of the original English Remedy for Treason and belongs to the Grands Détectives collection.

For readers of historical fiction and medieval mystery; the protagonist is inspired by the Catalan Jewish physician Isaac the Blind.