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The Blood Doctor

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The Blood Doctor
First edition (UK)
AuthorBarbara Vine (Ruth Rendell)
LanguageEnglish
GenreCrime/Mystery novel
PublisherViking (UK)
Crown (US)
Publication date
6 June 2002
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint/Audiobook
Pages400 pp (Hardback)
ISBN0-670-91274-3
OCLC59395413
Preceded byGrasshopper 
Followed byThe Minotaur 

The Blood Doctor is a novel by British writer Ruth Rendell, written under the pseudonym Barbara Vine.[1]

Plot

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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

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  1. ^ "Fiction book review - The Blood Doctor". Publishers Weekly. 24 June 2002. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  2. ^ Whitaker, Phil (5 July 2002). "Bleeding the past". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
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