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Also by Tania Bayard:

In the Company of Fools, March 2019
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IN THE COMPANY OF FOOLS
By: Tania Bayard

Severn House
March 2019
On Sale: March 1, 2019
ISBN: 0727889419
EAN: 9780727889416
Kindle: B084PC997M
Hardcover / e-Book
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Fiction | Thriller

A baby abandoned in the palace gardens leads scribe sleuth Christine de Pizan into a mystery involving murder, superstition and scandal in fourteenth-century France.

Paris, 1396. Scribe Christine de Pizan is shocked when the Duke of Orleans' fools find a baby, wrapped in rags and covered in sores, abandoned in the palace gardens. Was there really a wicked plan to substitute the child for the queen's own baby daughter and blame the Duchess of Orleans, Valentina Visconti? Who would commit such an evil act, and why?

Accused of being a sorceress, Valentina is the victim of much slander and has powerful enemies at the palace, where rumours of witchcraft and superstition run riot. Convinced of the duchess's innocence, Christine is determined to uncover the truth, and soon makes a number of disturbing discoveries. Could the palace fools be the key to unlocking the mystery?