Magdalena is headstrong and very clever, and is the daughter of jakob kusil a bavarian hangman. The world building was wonderful, felt like i was back in time and living in this world. The dark monk uk edition a hangmans daughter tale book 2 oliver potzsch. The dark monk is the second book in the hangmans daughter series.
The poisoned pilgrim us edition a hangmans daughter. First published in germany by ullstein verlag in 2008, it was translated into english and issued digitally under the amazoncrossing imprint in 2010. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. The hangmans daughter a hangmans daughter tale book 1. The hangmans daughter is the first book in oliver potzschs hangman s daughter series. This novel follows the story of bavarian hangman jakob kuisl as he attempts to prove that midwife martha stechlin does not practice witchcraft and has not killed a motherless boy. I listened to the audio version and the narrator was perfect for this.
The plotting is superb and keeps you guessing until the end. Some found the book, besides the first chapter, to read like a book a thirteen year old kid would read and was packed with cliches. The characters continue in the sequels the dark monk 2009 german. The hangmans daughter is a novel by oliver potzsch. This book takes place not long after the events of the hangmans daughter, in 1660. The poisoned pilgrim is the fourth book in hangmans daughter, the millioncopy bestselling series 1666. The only reason it gets 4 rather than 5 stars is that the hangmans daughter is a secondary character rather than a primary one which she is is in the rest of the series. A paper edition was released in english by houghton mifflin harcourt in 2010.
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