Artemisia Clare

author of the blades of saint-mitre series

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Enter the world of the Blades of Saint-Mitre!

Book One: Doctor & Duelist

The trials and tribulations of 16th century France spare no one and no place, not even the City of Fountains...It's 1567 in Aix-en-Provence. Oste Lézin, the scandalous leader of a local confraternity, the Order of Saint-Mitre, is a commissioned city doctor at long last. Dorotèa Galoup, a member of the order, carries the secret that she's the masked duelist who has playfully sparred with him for years. Their friendship and deceptions tarry without trouble until the times catch up with them and leave Oste severely wounded after taking a stand during Reformation conflict.Though he's back to work come summer, Oste is displeased to find that his own confraternity sent Dorotèa to assist him with his duties, and even more displeased when he encounters her next to a murder victim her first day on the job. Dorotèa and Oste find themselves working together in a reluctant alliance not only in a desperate bid to get a killer off the Aixois streets, but to find peace in what it means to love and be loved in return.

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Aix-en-Provence, 16th Century

Old map of the city from 1575

16th century coat of arms

The old Palais

Saint-Sauveur today

Main Characters

Oste: a civic physician and leader of the order of saint-mitre, a local confraternity. sports a love for horses, good tastes in fashion, and a chip on his shoulder.

Dorotèa: the swordsmith's daughter, and a gardener of purpose and passion. secretly devoted to fencing and her mission of teaching the women of france self-defense.

Tropes include:
friends to lovers
touch him/her and die
cloak & dagger
MC in disguise
girls with swords
renaissance era
disability rep
bi rep
romani rep

Content includes:
Depictions of bodies
Murder
Violence
Anti-Romani prejudice from side characters
Mentions of prostitution
Mentions of death in childbirth
Kidnapping
Sexual content