The Blood Doctor by Barbara Vine (2002, Hardcover) EX Library

Description: The Blood Doctor by Barbara Vine is a fascinating novel that takes readers on a journey through the world of historical thrillers. This hardcover book, published by Crown Publishing Group, T.H.E. in 2002, is a must-read for anyone who loves a good suspenseful story. When Martin Nanther, Hereditary Peer in the House of Lords, is choosing the subject of his next biography, he becomes intrigued by the life of his own great-grandfather, Henry Nanther. So grateful was Queen Victoria for Henrys services as physician to the royal family that she granted him a peerage, making him a lord, the first doctor ever to be so honored. Henry had been especially attentive to hemophiliacs in the royal family, for he was obsessed with blood. As he recounted in his diary, Red is my favorite color. To me a splash of blood is beautiful, and I profoundly lack understanding of those who flinch or even faint at the sight of it. As his research deepens, Martin begins to uncover hints that his great-grandfathers fascination with blood may have had its darker side. The murder of Henrys fiance, the death of his young son, the remarkable number of relatives and friends who died mysteriouslycould all these have been mere coincidence? Martin scours England and America for relatives whose attics or memories might hold clues, until finally the tragic truth stands revealed. Drawing from the dark themes of obsession and murder that drive so many of Barbara Vines extraordinary novels, The Blood Doctor is also enriched by domestic intimacies familiar to readers of Ruth Rendells beloved Inspector Wexford novels and by details of Dame Rendells own experience as a Life Peer in the House of Lords. Once again we have a masterful work from a storyteller of the highest order.

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