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Murder in the Cloister Tania Bayard

Murder in the Cloister

March 22, 2021 Nanni 4 ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ Leave a comment

by Tania Bayard — Atmospheric mystery set in 1399 in a French convent. Featuring feminist writer Christine de Pizan, who really worked under King Charles VI.

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