![]() ![]() Perhaps her character was written with just a touch too much "modern" woman for me, but I do understand that she could not possibly perform the functions of the novel's main character without stepping outside her time period in many situations. ![]() Then let them believe that, Adelia would just work around that problem. People wanted to believe that Mansur was the doctor simply because of his gender. Even having to hide her abilities because she was a woman did not slow her down for very long and she was adept at turning situations to her favor with her insight into human nature. I enjoyed Adelia with her passion for using science and truth to solve mysteries. Although the king wanted the truth to be found, he certainly would have been pleased to have the truth become a weapon for his political use. ![]() ![]() Was it possible that King Arthur and Guinevere had been buried at Glastonbury Abbey? Henry needed for these bones to belong to Arthur and Quinevere to help quiet the Welsh uprisings he was having to fight. Fortunately for Adelia the King had already accepted her knowledge and her vocation and had no problems with calling her in to help solve the mystery of two skeletons found buried in the same coffin. Consequently Adelia Aguilar kept up the pretense that her Arab attendant, Mansur, was the doctor and she was his translator. This book was also published with the title "Relics of the Dead".Įngland of 1176 under the rule of King Henry II was not a time when a woman was accepted as a doctor. ![]()
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