The Blood Doctor
Appearance
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Author | Barbara Vine (Ruth Rendell) |
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Language | English |
Genre | Crime/Mystery novel |
Publisher | Viking (UK) Crown (US) |
Publication date | 6 June 2002 |
Publication place | United Kingdom |
Media type | Print/Audiobook |
Pages | 400 pp (Hardback) |
ISBN | 0-670-91274-3 |
OCLC | 59395413 |
Preceded by | Grasshopper |
Followed by | The Minotaur |
The Blood Doctor is a novel by British writer Ruth Rendell, written under the pseudonym Barbara Vine.[1]
Plot
[edit]Told from the point of view of Martin Nanther, a biographer, this novel follows the main character's investigation into his own great-grandfather, a blood-doctor for the royal family under Queen Victoria. In the course of his investigation, Martin discovers his subject may not have been the upstanding peer he thought he was.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Fiction book review - The Blood Doctor". Publishers Weekly. 24 June 2002. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
- ^ Whitaker, Phil (5 July 2002). "Bleeding the past". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
External links
[edit]- Review from The Guardian
- Review from The Observer
- Review from MysteryInk
- Interview with The Guardian from time of publication
- Reviewof the Audiobook version from The Guardian