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The Hangman's Daughter (The Hangman's Daughter, #1)

Oliver Pötzsch (Lee Chadeayne a Sabine Marić)
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AmazonCrossing • 2010

Magdalena, the clever and headstrong daughter of Bavarian hangman Jakob Kuisl, lives with her father outside the village walls and is destined to be married off to another hangman’s son—except that th...t the town physician’s son is hopelessly in love with her. And her father’s wisdom and empathy are as unusual as his despised profession. It is 1659, the Thirty Years’ War has finally ended, and there hasn’t been a witchcraft mania in decades. But now, a drowning and gruesomely injured boy, tattooed with the mark of a witch, is pulled from a river and the villagers suspect the local midwife, Martha Stechlin.Jakob Kuisl is charged with extracting a confession from her and torturing her until he gets one. Convinced she is innocent, he, Magdalena, and her would-be suitor race against the clock to find the true killer. Approaching Walpurgisnacht, when witches are believed to dance in the forest and mate with the devil, another tattooed orphan is found dead and the town becomes frenzied. More than one person has spotted what looks like the devil—a man with a hand made only of bones. The hangman, his daughter, and the doctor’s son face a terrifying and very real enemy.Page Numbers Source ISBN: 054774501X
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Krátko po skončení tridsaťročnej vojny vytiahnu v bavorskom Schongau umierajúceho chlapca s tajomným symbolom na tele; obyvateľstvo obviní pôrodnú babicu Marthu Stechlinovú, ktorú chce mestská rada okamžite popraviť, zatiaľ čo kat Jakob Kuisl jej neverí a spolu s dcérou Magdalénou a lekárovým synom Simonom začína tajné vyšetrovanie. Keď zmiznú ďalšie deti a nájdu mŕtvu sirotu s rovnakým znakom, napätie prerastie do hystérie a hrozí, že babica bude vystavená mučeniu, pokiaľ trojica rýchlo neodhalí pravdu. Recenzentka chváli autorovu prenikavú atmosféru a verné historické vykreslenie, ale považuje knihu za slabšiu než sériu Hrobára: hlavný protagonista jej neprirástol k srdcu a množstvo opisov a opakovaní znižuje napätie. Ak chcete autora vyskúšať, radšej siahnite po Hrobárovom almanachu.

Magdalena, the clever and headstrong daughter of Bavarian hangman Jakob Kuisl, lives with her father outside the village walls and is destined to be married off to another hangman’s son—except that the town physician’s son is hopelessly in love with her. And her father’s wisdom and empathy are as unusual as his despised profession. It is 1659, the Thirty Years’ War has finally ended, and there hasn’t been a witchcraft mania in decades. But now, a drowning and gruesomely injured boy, tattooed with the mark of a witch, is pulled from a river and the villagers suspect the local midwife, Martha Stechlin.

Jakob Kuisl is charged with extracting a confession from her and torturing her until he gets one. Convinced she is innocent, he, Magdalena, and her would-be suitor race against the clock to find the true killer. Approaching Walpurgisnacht, when witches are believed to dance in the forest and mate with the devil, another tattooed orphan is found dead and the town becomes frenzied. More than one person has spotted what looks like the devil—a man with a hand made only of bones. The hangman, his daughter, and the doctor’s son face a terrifying and very real enemy.

Page Numbers Source ISBN: 054774501X