Gaglione's Poison: A medieval surgeon's involvement in the papal succession during the Avignon Papacy.

ISBN-13: 9781533120441 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 210 str.

Philip Garre

Opis

Master Surgeon, Flavio Gaglione, is coerced into poisoning the beloved Cardinal Fournier of Lyon in a political battle for succession to the Papacy in Avignon. To save himself from excommunication and possible execution, Gaglione escapes to Saragossa disguised as a Jewish merchant. Forced to serve as a military surgeon during the war between Castile and Aragon, Gaglione distinguishes himself in the service of King Peter the Cruel. When captured by the forces of Pope Clement V, Gaglione is returned to Avignon during the height of the Black Death to face trial for murder.