Author of Historical Fiction and Mysteries
Budynki w Konarach zastaliśmy w lepszym stanie, niż się obawiałam. Po zbadaniu ksiąg stało się jednak jasne, że przez lata majątek przynosił dochody ledwo wystarczające na podstawowe utrzymanie. Większość przywiezionych pieniędzy będziemy musieli wydać na naprawę przeciekających dachów i połamanych okiennic, na wymianę zardzewiałych zawiasów we wrotach do magazynu zboża oraz wysprzątanie obory, zajmowanej przez... Continue Reading →
After what felt like hours but could not have been more than ten or fifteen minutes, we arrived at the duke’s private apartments, where he had received me three days earlier. Neither courtiers nor servants filled the antechamber this time; there were only two stone-faced guards standing sentinel on either side of the inner door.... Continue Reading →
In the summer of 1545, Caterina Konarska undertakes the long journey from Bari to Kraków in search of a cure for her ailing son Giulio. In Poland, she finds a court far different from the lively, cultured place she remembers from twenty-five years ago. The old king lies on his deathbed, and the once-charming Queen... Continue Reading →
Excerpt from Midnight Fire, Jagiellon Mystery #2 Increasingly bored, I was about to turn to Maria, when the volume of conversations suddenly abated and heads turned toward one corner of the hall. A sense of anticipation filled the air, as if the gathering awaited the beginning of a performance by a troupe of players, lowering... Continue Reading →
P.K. Adams 