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Die Safranhaendlerin (The Saffrontrader)

Helga Glaesener

Munich / Berlin1996

  • Helga Glaesener: Author
Novel, Historical Fiction
middle ages; trade; saffron; mystery; women
Set in Trier in 1327. The beautiful, stubborn tradeswoman Marcella Bonifaz tries to solve the mystery surrounding a stolen shipment of Tuscanian saffron. In the course of her investigation, she learns about a feud between the Countess of Sponheim and the Archbishop of Tier, but is there a connection? Marcella also learns that she needs to face her own terrifying childhood memories. (from author's website)
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