Contributions

  • Chadeayne, Lee - Contributor

Publication

2013 - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Boston, Massachusetts

Language

English

Word Count

116,500 words, Guess

Page Count

466 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more

Classifications

  • DDC833/.92
  • LCCPT2676.O895 H4713 2013

Description

1662. Alpine village hangman Jakob Kuisl receives a letter from his sister calling him to the imperial city of Regensburg, where a gruesome sight awaits him: her throat has been slit. Arrested and framed for the murder, Kuisl faces first-hand the torture he's administered himself for years. Jakob's daughter, Magdalena, and a young medicus named Simon hasten to his aid. With the help of an underground network of beggars, a beer-brewing monk, and an Italian playboy, they discover that behind the false accusation is a plan that will endanger the entire German Empire.

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