Giveaway: Grave Goods (Mistress of the Art of Death) by Ariana Franklin

by Avid Reader on March 24, 2009

in Avid Musings

grave-goods-franklinI’ve had some real life stuff going on that has delayed my plans to have a review up for this book on its release day. My apolo­gies. I am work­ing on it. Mean­while, I will go ahead and offer up a give­away of the ARC that I have for GRAVE GOODS by Ari­ana Franklin which fea­tures Adelia Aguilar, a foren­sic sci­en­tist in 12th Cen­tury Eng­land. She is a woman well ahead of her time. This is the third book in the series, the first two books are Mist­ess of the Art of Death and The Serpent’s Tale.

In this entry Adelia is asked by King Henry II to inves­ti­gate a bard’s claim of a hid­den grave that may have the remains of King Arthur and Guin­ev­erre that his uncle saw in a “vision” in Glas­ton­bury. King Henry wants Adelia to authen­ti­cate the bones to squash the Welsh rebel­lion. Adelia uti­lizes the skills that has made her the “Mis­tress of the Art of Death” by giv­ing Henry II the peace that he wants while also solv­ing the mys­tery of some miss­ing companions.

As for the give­way, it’s easy. Just leave a com­ment below. The win­ner will be picked ran­domly. It is requested that if you win, please share your thoughts (good or bad) on mes­sage boards, Twit­ter, blogs, Face Book, My Space, wher­ever peo­ple like to con­gre­gate these days. The com­ments for this entry will close at 11:59PM CST Tues­day (Cen­tral Stan­dard Time). Inter­na­tional read­ers are wel­come. Win­ner announced the fol­low­ing day. Good luck. Any ques­tions, email me at keishon@​avidbookreader.​com. Also, note, this book is already out in hardcover.

For Fur­ther Reading

{ 8 comments }

Tili March 24, 2009 at 8:29 pm

okay, put me on the list!

Marg March 24, 2009 at 7:32 pm

Diana Nor­man writ­ing under either that name or Ari­ana Franklin is one of my favourite reads! I would love to be entered for the draw for this book, and I will blog about it over at His­tor­i­cal Tapes­try for you.

jennygirl March 24, 2009 at 6:20 pm

I just read the first one in the series and loved it! Please enter me.

Nicole March 24, 2009 at 2:11 pm

I love this series!! I have read the first two books and posted a review of The Serpent’s Tale on my blog. Thanks for hold­ing this contest!

Oriana March 24, 2009 at 10:03 am

I just loved The Mis­tress of the Art of Death! Adelia is such a won­der­ful char­ac­ter. Can’t wait to read the rest of the series.:) Thanks for orga­niz­ing this giveaway!

Jo March 24, 2009 at 7:11 am

A his­tor­i­cal foren­sic sci­en­tist espe­cially about Arthur and Guin­e­vere has to make a fas­ci­nat­ing story, please add my name to the giveaway.

stezton March 24, 2009 at 4:52 am

A foren­sic sci­en­tist in 12th cen­tury Eng­land? Now that sounds interesting.

Heather March 24, 2009 at 2:45 am

Adelia Aguilar does sound a very internest­ing woman ahead of her time — thanks for this oppor­tu­nity to win the book

:-)

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