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Magdalene La Batarde #2
A Personal Devil
When Sabina, the blind mistress of the Old Priory Guesthouse, accepts the offer of Master Mainard to live exclusively with him, everyone expects that Mainard's wife, Bertrild, would be glad to be rid of him since his face is horribly birthmarked.
This was far from the truth. Bertrild attacks Sabina and demands that Mainard send her back to the whorehouse. Before Mainard and Sabina can decide what to do, Bertrild is murdered, and Mainard is the chief suspect.
Fearful that her lover will be hung for murder, Sabina flees to her old whoremistress, Magdalene la Betarde, for help. Magdalene is no stranger to murder and will use her powerful friends to help the women who work for her, including Sir Bellamy of Itchen, who reunites with Magdalene in unraveling this tangled web of hatred, fear, and blackmail.
This was far from the truth. Bertrild attacks Sabina and demands that Mainard send her back to the whorehouse. Before Mainard and Sabina can decide what to do, Bertrild is murdered, and Mainard is the chief suspect.
Fearful that her lover will be hung for murder, Sabina flees to her old whoremistress, Magdalene la Betarde, for help. Magdalene is no stranger to murder and will use her powerful friends to help the women who work for her, including Sir Bellamy of Itchen, who reunites with Magdalene in unraveling this tangled web of hatred, fear, and blackmail.
316 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2001
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Roberta Gellis
57 books184 followersRoberta Gellis has been one of the most successful writers of historical fiction of the last few decades, having published about 25 meticulously researched historical novels since 1964. She was married to her husband Charles for over 50 years and they lived together in Lafayette, Indiana with a lively Lakeland terrier called Taffy. She has one child called Mark.
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May 2, 2016
Disclaimer: my degrees are in early english history, celto-romano through the dark ages, & so the books I've read written by Ms. Gellis were approached solely from that viewpoint, admittedly an odd one. :)
Roberta Gellis has an excellent grasp of the social history of this era & I've read her work just for the pleasure of seeing the era through her eyes (i.e., skimming the bodice-rippery of her other series). In Personal Devil she does an excellent job of encapsulating the feeling of the era & minimizing much of the extremely dense layers of socio-political structure into something understandable & engaging for the majority of modern readers.
The mystery herein is not that engaging, and there is a bit too much of characters repeating information to one another that the reader already knows.
However, she does know whereof she writes. For example, she briefly gives a taste of just the linguistic complexities of this time when she has Magdalene use some Northern English nouns that a Southern Englishman wouldn't recognize, at all. Language was remarkably disparate in the small country of England at this time & the nod to that reality is instructively correct for those who don't know this era. Nicely done.
The biggest problem I have with the series is the 'Happy Whore' setting, even in medieval times. I can certainly understand & sympathize with a woman of this era wanting control of her own life (a persistent theme in Gellis' work, btw), but whoring cannot have possibly been quite so charmingly enjoyable as it is presented. The mid-1100s are also close enough to earlier times that there were still opportunities for the 'feme sole', the woman alone (unmarried, widowed, divorced): brewing & innkeeping are two notable occupations, and the modern name Brewster means 'female brewer' for example. Such non-prostitution opportunities were usually inherited or required what we'd call 'start-up funding', so whoring was indeed just about the only way a woman alone had to keep body & soul together.
Roberta Gellis has an excellent grasp of the social history of this era & I've read her work just for the pleasure of seeing the era through her eyes (i.e., skimming the bodice-rippery of her other series). In Personal Devil she does an excellent job of encapsulating the feeling of the era & minimizing much of the extremely dense layers of socio-political structure into something understandable & engaging for the majority of modern readers.
The mystery herein is not that engaging, and there is a bit too much of characters repeating information to one another that the reader already knows.
However, she does know whereof she writes. For example, she briefly gives a taste of just the linguistic complexities of this time when she has Magdalene use some Northern English nouns that a Southern Englishman wouldn't recognize, at all. Language was remarkably disparate in the small country of England at this time & the nod to that reality is instructively correct for those who don't know this era. Nicely done.
The biggest problem I have with the series is the 'Happy Whore' setting, even in medieval times. I can certainly understand & sympathize with a woman of this era wanting control of her own life (a persistent theme in Gellis' work, btw), but whoring cannot have possibly been quite so charmingly enjoyable as it is presented. The mid-1100s are also close enough to earlier times that there were still opportunities for the 'feme sole', the woman alone (unmarried, widowed, divorced): brewing & innkeeping are two notable occupations, and the modern name Brewster means 'female brewer' for example. Such non-prostitution opportunities were usually inherited or required what we'd call 'start-up funding', so whoring was indeed just about the only way a woman alone had to keep body & soul together.
July 11, 2015
This is a murder mystery and as a murder mystery it works well enough and I will say I liked it well enough. The twist is that it is an historical murder mystery. It takes place in England of 1139. The problems I had with it relate to that. Frankly, I did not get the feel of twelfth century England. Okay, no one pulled out their cell phone or traveled in an automobile. The expected level of technology was all in place, but there was very little reference to it. In one way that is good writing. One would not want the setting to overwhelm the story and so the state of technology should be just referred to and then it should be back to the plot, but in this book the references to the technology were so casual I tended to miss them and did not think, for the most part, that this was all taking place in 1139. Also, this was only seventy-three years after the Norman conquest and England was under a dictatorship that amounted to a foreign occupation with the Saxons in near slavery. There was very little reference at all to this political situation. One could easily forget that England was an oppressed nation with an ongoing effort to wipe out the Saxon culture. Furthermore, in the twelfth century the entirety of Europe was under a theocratic rule that permeated the lives of everyone. If someone did not conform to the religious dictates of the time that person would be in great danger of being tied to a stake and burned alive. In this story all the characters seem to be pretty much secular with only a few references to religion throughout the book. Despite these omissions, though, I think the real reason I didn't get the feel of it being some 900 years ago was just because everyone had such modern attitudes. They came across as just the regular people you would expect to run across in your modern everyday life. Still, though, the story was entertaining and enjoyable. Just don't expect to feel like you are being immersed in the culture of a far bygone time.
By the way, I very much liked the blind character. In most fiction blind characters are either depicted negatively as helpless incompetants who deserve only pity or as some kind of super blind types with mysterious powers. In this book the blind character was depicted as just a regular person who happens not to be able to see what she is doing and, after all, isn't that exactly what blind people are? There might be a bit of the unrealistic to that too though. All the other characters treated her as just a regular person who happened to not be able to see what she was doing. Well, in that time period blind people were dressed up in donkey ears and set to fight each other for entertainment. I have my doubts that a blind woman in 1139 would have been treated as just another person.
By the way, I very much liked the blind character. In most fiction blind characters are either depicted negatively as helpless incompetants who deserve only pity or as some kind of super blind types with mysterious powers. In this book the blind character was depicted as just a regular person who happens not to be able to see what she is doing and, after all, isn't that exactly what blind people are? There might be a bit of the unrealistic to that too though. All the other characters treated her as just a regular person who happened to not be able to see what she was doing. Well, in that time period blind people were dressed up in donkey ears and set to fight each other for entertainment. I have my doubts that a blind woman in 1139 would have been treated as just another person.
October 29, 2021
This is an excellent historical fiction mystery. Women had very limited choices bed(prostitution), wed or the convent. This really isn’t an exaggeration unfortunately—even widowhood didn’t always set a woman free to live her life. Our heroine is a 12th century madam of the Old Priory Guesthouse named Magdalene. (I think the author had a lot of fun with these names) Magdalene is the main suspect of the murder of a wealthy wife—a quite wretched woman with “a vicious tongue”, cruel to her servants and generally not well liked. But the word of a whore will not stand up. So along with her knight (yes, a knight is in love with her!) she sets about to solve this murder and clear her name. She has friends among the medical community (monks) and within society. Magdalene is known as a kind and gentle woman who treats her “employees & clients” well.
Time is marked by vespers and complines which adds authenticity.
There are many wonderful characters who are written with such life you care for them deeply. The settings whether of high or low borne are written so well you feel that you are there with them whether in estates or stables. The dialogue is delightful to read (or listen to) as it is revelatory and moves the story along brilliantly. The Narrator is outstanding! I will definitely be adding her to my follow list.
I look forward to reading this entire series. It’s refreshing to read something so well written. I highly recommend this book.
Time is marked by vespers and complines which adds authenticity.
There are many wonderful characters who are written with such life you care for them deeply. The settings whether of high or low borne are written so well you feel that you are there with them whether in estates or stables. The dialogue is delightful to read (or listen to) as it is revelatory and moves the story along brilliantly. The Narrator is outstanding! I will definitely be adding her to my follow list.
I look forward to reading this entire series. It’s refreshing to read something so well written. I highly recommend this book.
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October 30, 2016This could have been a fine detective story but it turned out to be very disappointing !
The characters were just a mix of huge clichés, the corny an sappy love story really got on my nerves, and all sorts of useless details and secondary plots just come up and ruin the actual investigation to find out who the real murderer is.
To cut a long story short : this book was a real waste of time.
The characters were just a mix of huge clichés, the corny an sappy love story really got on my nerves, and all sorts of useless details and secondary plots just come up and ruin the actual investigation to find out who the real murderer is.
To cut a long story short : this book was a real waste of time.
July 29, 2011
An enjoyable audio historical mystery (read by Nadia May) set in England during the reign of King Stephen. I really liked all the characters and the plot had enough twists and turns to keep my interest.
November 3, 2014
I think Roberta Gellis is in love with the word "whore."
February 2, 2023
This book was only just okay, with an 'excess' of everything. Excessive use of the word 'whore' (talk about a group of women who make a virtue out of being prostitutes), excessive cloying romance (alright in its place, but not in a historical mystery novel), excessive blunt reference to sex (I know the book is set in a brothel, but since this is no more than a backdrop, no need for the constant reference) and an excess of idiotic characters (with more wilful misunderstandings than a Shakespeare comedy).
Also, is it only me who feels extremely uncomfortable with the character Ella? She is supposed to be a young adult with the mental capacity of a 5-year old, but someone like this working as a prostitute does not sit right with me at all, being not much short of child exploitation. This might be okay in a harder-hitting book than this, since such grimness is what the reader would expect, but in a book like this, which is no more than a light, romantic read masquerading as a historical mystery novel, I find it extremely distasteful. I also listen on audiobook and the voice given to Ella is distinctly child-like, so some of the things she says are quite distasteful, coming, as they seem to be, from a child of five. Most unpleasant. I read the first and this one, but not sure if I will continue with the series for this reason.
Also, is it only me who feels extremely uncomfortable with the character Ella? She is supposed to be a young adult with the mental capacity of a 5-year old, but someone like this working as a prostitute does not sit right with me at all, being not much short of child exploitation. This might be okay in a harder-hitting book than this, since such grimness is what the reader would expect, but in a book like this, which is no more than a light, romantic read masquerading as a historical mystery novel, I find it extremely distasteful. I also listen on audiobook and the voice given to Ella is distinctly child-like, so some of the things she says are quite distasteful, coming, as they seem to be, from a child of five. Most unpleasant. I read the first and this one, but not sure if I will continue with the series for this reason.
May 16, 2020
A good historical mystery
The main character in this book is a madam of a brothel, but the author is not that mealy mouthed, Magdalene la Batarde refers to herself as a whore as do the women who work for her in that capacity. it was something they did to survive and they were not ashamed. One of her women, Sabina, has been living with a saddle maker. Mainard, whose very nasty wife is killed. Magdalene is asked by Sabina to find out who killed Mainard's wife as he has been set up. Roberta Gellis was very knowledgeable about medieval times, history and living conditions. Her stories reflect the beliefs and prejudices of the times, which makes her stories more real. Plus she added an afterword giving more information about the political climate at that time. It's not part of the story so it's not necessary to read it, I just find that information very interesting.
The main character in this book is a madam of a brothel, but the author is not that mealy mouthed, Magdalene la Batarde refers to herself as a whore as do the women who work for her in that capacity. it was something they did to survive and they were not ashamed. One of her women, Sabina, has been living with a saddle maker. Mainard, whose very nasty wife is killed. Magdalene is asked by Sabina to find out who killed Mainard's wife as he has been set up. Roberta Gellis was very knowledgeable about medieval times, history and living conditions. Her stories reflect the beliefs and prejudices of the times, which makes her stories more real. Plus she added an afterword giving more information about the political climate at that time. It's not part of the story so it's not necessary to read it, I just find that information very interesting.
July 9, 2017
Magdalene la Batarde runs the Priory Guesthouse in London. The guesthouse is actually a high end whorehouse with wealthy clients and lots of discretion. When one of Magdalene's women leaves her to become the exclusive leman of a saddle maker, Magdalene is happy for her.But soon Sabina is back with a desperate request for Magdalene to help her prove that her lover did not kill his despicable wife. Scenes of 12th century London are interspersed with an intriguing mystery with many potential killers. Bertrild was blackmailing at least five fellow merchants. One of them killed her and tried to frame her gentle husband who, Sabina insists, would never harm her despite her content haranguing and embarrassing behavior. Magdalene and her friend Bell set out to find the real killer.
August 26, 2023
I will start by saying that when I picked this book up, I did not realize that it was part of a series. I was able to easily read it without having had to read the first one. It stood on its own just fine.
I can't say I was impressed by any of the characters in this book. This may, in fact, be due to having not read the first one. However, there were just so many and they just fell a little flat for me. The mystery moved along ok but did get a little confusing. That could just be me, though. I never felt completely invested in the story, so it took me a while to get through this book. It was just too easy for me to put it down.
The setting I did enjoy. I thought the historical era was captured nicely.
I can't say I was impressed by any of the characters in this book. This may, in fact, be due to having not read the first one. However, there were just so many and they just fell a little flat for me. The mystery moved along ok but did get a little confusing. That could just be me, though. I never felt completely invested in the story, so it took me a while to get through this book. It was just too easy for me to put it down.
The setting I did enjoy. I thought the historical era was captured nicely.
July 29, 2022
It's quickly clear by how across-the-board unlikeable a certain character is that she will indeed be murdered. The question being why - were any of her actions enough to lead someone to kill her? And also who - lots of people she's harmed and slighted, but again, enough to murder?
There is a depth to the real reason that answers both questions and is true to the nature of the woman who was murdered.
And Magdalene as a character - a woman who doesn't shirk from the path she's chosen and holds fast to her autonomy and does things her way rather than how men might.
There is a depth to the real reason that answers both questions and is true to the nature of the woman who was murdered.
And Magdalene as a character - a woman who doesn't shirk from the path she's chosen and holds fast to her autonomy and does things her way rather than how men might.
January 11, 2020
I enjoyed this book. Interesting plot. Characters likeable and sympathetic. Not sure about making the main protagonist a Medieval feminist who runs a high class brothel. I would rather the author leave the 20th century ideas of women's lib out of a book which is set in Medieval times. So that is why I gave it a 4 stars instead of 5. I like to immerse myself in the period of the time. It almost took me there but not quite.
October 19, 2021
One of Magdelenes whores has left the brothel and found love with one of her clients, unfortunately the clients evil wife has been making life unpleasant for the couple, and things go from bad to worse when the woman is found murdered.
Magdelene and Bell go on the hunt for the real culprit, and find themselves enmeshed in a sordid tale of blackmail and murder.
Not as good as the first one, and frankly the motive for the murder seemed a bit odd
Magdelene and Bell go on the hunt for the real culprit, and find themselves enmeshed in a sordid tale of blackmail and murder.
Not as good as the first one, and frankly the motive for the murder seemed a bit odd
May 3, 2018
Set in King Stephen’s reign, the author provides a historical note but otherwise writes little to evoke a 12th century setting. The murder victim is so nasty as to be a caricature instead of a character. The suspects are so interchangeable that even the protagonists cannot seem to really care who is guilty.
July 29, 2020
Magdalene de Batarde is as charming and as clever as ever. Mainard is hapless. Bell is valient. Sabina is as capable as she can prove herself to be (being blind and a woman in 12th c. England). Gellis has a habit of hitting some points a little too persistently. She is not a subtle writer. But this is light and fun and I did enjoy the escapism of reading a murder mystery.
March 27, 2022
I like the historical setting of these books and the mysteries. The thing that keeps them from being 5 stars for me is that I get a little tired of the prostitutes thing and sometimes they get confusing with all of the "current events" (history) thrown in. It's hard to remember which characters are associated with which historical figures. I would also like a little more character development.
December 31, 2017
I enjoyed visiting the Old Priory Gatehouse and the ladies in A Personal Devil. I liked learning about what they had been up to and I look forward to the next book. I also enjoyed the narration by Wanda McCaddon.
December 27, 2019
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February 17, 2021
Although I enjoyed reading this story, the plot is not the tightest. The resolution was a little confusing.
August 22, 2021
More mystery than romance, and not really a standalone. I would read these all in order, with a side of hot chocolate. :)
December 27, 2021
Enjoyable series. 3.5 stars.
May 4, 2022
Please see review of first in series.
August 24, 2023
A solid and enjoyable medieval murder mystery with the interesting premise of a woman who keeps a high-class house of largely disabled sex workers.
November 24, 2023
I enjoyed this, not dissimilar to The Dress Lodger, read by the same great woman, Nadia May.
December 10, 2011
This is the second Magdalene la Batarde mystery, Gellis's 12th-century London whoremistress who protects her women and caters to a clientele who can pay enough to keep them in comfort. With her clientele, and with the Bishop of Winchester as her landlord (she rents the Old Priory Guesthouse as her whorehouse), she has a much wider range of contacts and potential allies than the average whoremistress.
She also has more education and culture than the average whoremistress, but we only gradually learn bits and pieces of her background to help explain this. In this second entry in the series, one of Magdalene's former whores, the blind Sabina, is now established as the mistress of the saddle maker, Maynard. Maynard's face is disfigured by an ugly birthmark, but Sabina, being blind, sees only his kind and gentle nature and his strong and graceful body.
All is well until Maynard's appallingly nasty, vicious wife, Berthild, is found dead, murdered, in the yard of Maynard's shop.
While no one actually regrets Berthild's death--in fact, most have to suppress an unseemly display of glee--the awkward truth is that her sheer nastiness gave Maynard an excellent motive to kill her. Sabina, terrified for Maynard, rushes back to Magdalene to seek her help in clearing Maynard.
Clearing Maynard, to a reasonable degree of certainty, turns out to be the easy part. The problem is figuring out which of the vast number of people in Cheapside and elsewhere who had solid reasons to do so, really did kill her. Most of the best candidates are Maynard's fellow members of the Bridge Guild--his neighbors and friends in the East Cheap market area.
Gellis leads us through an intricate mystery, with each layer peeled back revealing a new layer. The members of the Bridge Guild each have their own hidden secrets, which could have legal consequences of varying degrees of severity. Berthild turns out not to have been just generally nasty, but a blackmailer.
This is a very character-based story, with the complexities of Berthild's murder only one of the threads that make it up. The Bishop's knight, Sir Bellamy, and Magdalene struggle with the tensions of their mutual attraction and his discomfort not only with her profession, but with her independence. Deot, the new whore recruited to take Sabina's place, tries to adjust to a far better life than she's had since circumstances forced her into whoredom. Sabina and Maynard agonize over what their new relationship will be, now that Berthild is gone.
It's a satisfying mystery, an engaging story, and an excellent addition to the series that began with A Mortal Bane.
Recommended.
She also has more education and culture than the average whoremistress, but we only gradually learn bits and pieces of her background to help explain this. In this second entry in the series, one of Magdalene's former whores, the blind Sabina, is now established as the mistress of the saddle maker, Maynard. Maynard's face is disfigured by an ugly birthmark, but Sabina, being blind, sees only his kind and gentle nature and his strong and graceful body.
All is well until Maynard's appallingly nasty, vicious wife, Berthild, is found dead, murdered, in the yard of Maynard's shop.
While no one actually regrets Berthild's death--in fact, most have to suppress an unseemly display of glee--the awkward truth is that her sheer nastiness gave Maynard an excellent motive to kill her. Sabina, terrified for Maynard, rushes back to Magdalene to seek her help in clearing Maynard.
Clearing Maynard, to a reasonable degree of certainty, turns out to be the easy part. The problem is figuring out which of the vast number of people in Cheapside and elsewhere who had solid reasons to do so, really did kill her. Most of the best candidates are Maynard's fellow members of the Bridge Guild--his neighbors and friends in the East Cheap market area.
Gellis leads us through an intricate mystery, with each layer peeled back revealing a new layer. The members of the Bridge Guild each have their own hidden secrets, which could have legal consequences of varying degrees of severity. Berthild turns out not to have been just generally nasty, but a blackmailer.
This is a very character-based story, with the complexities of Berthild's murder only one of the threads that make it up. The Bishop's knight, Sir Bellamy, and Magdalene struggle with the tensions of their mutual attraction and his discomfort not only with her profession, but with her independence. Deot, the new whore recruited to take Sabina's place, tries to adjust to a far better life than she's had since circumstances forced her into whoredom. Sabina and Maynard agonize over what their new relationship will be, now that Berthild is gone.
It's a satisfying mystery, an engaging story, and an excellent addition to the series that began with A Mortal Bane.
Recommended.
September 28, 2016
The second in a series of novels about murder and intrigue in the 12th century.
December 5, 2014
Answers Several Unanswered Questions
To me, the plot of this book was not nearly as engaging as the first book in the series was. The mystery wasn't particularly mysterious and it did not capture and hold my attention. However, I appreciated the background information about Magdalena included in this installment. It made her character far more understandable. I also liked the additional information included about her co-workers.
These are not, edge of your seat nail-biting mysteries to me. Rather the author does a great job (I think) of capturing a time and place, giving the reader a better understanding of each, along with those that inhabit it ... then throws a bit of mystery into the mix.
I will continue with this series, at least through the next book. After that, the change in narrator means I will switch to the e-book.
So, if you enjoy a great deal of historical ambiance, with fascinating, well developed characters, and a little mystery on the side, I recommend this book.
To me, the plot of this book was not nearly as engaging as the first book in the series was. The mystery wasn't particularly mysterious and it did not capture and hold my attention. However, I appreciated the background information about Magdalena included in this installment. It made her character far more understandable. I also liked the additional information included about her co-workers.
These are not, edge of your seat nail-biting mysteries to me. Rather the author does a great job (I think) of capturing a time and place, giving the reader a better understanding of each, along with those that inhabit it ... then throws a bit of mystery into the mix.
I will continue with this series, at least through the next book. After that, the change in narrator means I will switch to the e-book.
So, if you enjoy a great deal of historical ambiance, with fascinating, well developed characters, and a little mystery on the side, I recommend this book.
June 9, 2013
Twelve years ago I wrote this combined review of the first two books of the Magdalene la Batarde mystery series. As I have already commented, the series is now out of print, but can be found on Kindle, secondhand book sites, and on audible.com.
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Of the series, A PERSONAL DEVIL is the one that is most self contained, focused within Magdalene's little community except for a specific list of suspects among her clients. In the others, author Roberta Gellis at least touches on the events of England at the time, because Magdalene cares about what might happen to the powerful men who protect her. A PERSONAL DEVIL is centered in the merchant class. For all her books, Gellis cares about accurate research.
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Of the series, A PERSONAL DEVIL is the one that is most self contained, focused within Magdalene's little community except for a specific list of suspects among her clients. In the others, author Roberta Gellis at least touches on the events of England at the time, because Magdalene cares about what might happen to the powerful men who protect her. A PERSONAL DEVIL is centered in the merchant class. For all her books, Gellis cares about accurate research.
May 14, 2007
A really good blend of mystery, historical fiction, and a dash of romance. The "detective," Magdalene la Batarde, owns a brothel in medieval London, but no longer practices the trade. She is drawn into investigating mysteries that might implicate her business, her employees or favored clients. The historical detail is impressive and illuminates both the everyday aspects of medieval society and the background of political intrigue and conflicts. Each book in the series (this is number 2) has its own mystery, but the relationships, and the mystery of Magdalene's own background, link them all.
August 3, 2008
What a strange book Roberta Gellis expends a lot of ink trying to convince readers that Madalene's "ladies" are happy in their work and would choose to do nothing else. Also that Madalene, independent, hardworking "whoremistress", prefers remaining in that career to marrying the loving and kind Bell and relinquishing her independence.
Though I'm not convinced of the likelihood of the above, A Personal Devil is nevertheless an intriguing medieval mystery with colorful characters and period detail.
Though I'm not convinced of the likelihood of the above, A Personal Devil is nevertheless an intriguing medieval mystery with colorful characters and period detail.
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