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Within the glittering Hapsburg court in Prague lurks a darkness that no one dares mention... In 1606, the city of Prague shines as a golden mecca of art and culture carefully cultivated by Emperor Rudolf II. But the emperor hides an ugly secret: His bastard son, Don Julius, is afflicted with a madness that pushes the young prince to unspeakable depravity. Desperate to stem his sons growing number of scandals, the emperor exiles Don Julius to a remote corner of Bohemia, where the young man is placed in the care of a bloodletter named Pichler. The bloodletters task: cure Don Julius of his madness by purging the vicious humors coursing through his veins. When Pichler brings his daughter Marketa to assist him, she becomes the object of Don Juliuss frenzied--and dangerous--obsession. To him, she embodies the women pictured in the Coded Book of Wonder, a priceless manuscript from the imperial library that was his only link to sanity. As the prince descends further into the darkness of his mind, his acts become ever more desperate, as Marketa, both frightened and fascinated, cant stay away. Inspired by a real-life murder that threatened to topple the powerful Hapsburg dynasty, The Bloodl

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Author

Lafferty, Linda

Publisher

Amazon Publishing

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9781612184654

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Romance

Rating

3.75 / 5 (7,710 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13