The Blood Doctor

The Blood Doctor

infobox Book |
name = The Blood Doctor
title_orig =
translator =


author = Barbara Vine (Ruth Rendell)
cover_artist =
country = United Kingdom
language = English
series =
genre = Crime/Mystery novel
publisher = Viking Press
release_date = 6 June 2002
media_type = Print/Audiobook
pages = 400 pp (Hardback)
isbn = ISBN 0-670-91274-3
preceded_by = Grasshopper
followed_by = The Minotaur

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

Plot summary

Lord Nanther embarks on a biography of his great-grandfather, the first Lord Nanther, physician extraordinary to Queen Victoria and an expert on blood diseases. What he uncovers begins to horrify him as he realizes that Nanther died a guilty man - carrying a horrific secret to the grave.

External links

* [http://books.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,749903,00.html Review from The Guardian]
* [http://books.guardian.co.uk/reviews/crime/0,,764311,00.html Review from The Observer]
* [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2002/06/09/bovin11.xml Review from The Telegraph]
* [http://www.mysteryinkonline.com/2005/01/vine_barbara_th.html Review from MysteryInk]
* [http://books.guardian.co.uk/departments/crime/story/0,,768172,00.html Interview with The Guardian from time of publication]
* [http://books.guardian.co.uk/reviews/roundupstory/0,,738067,00.html Reviewof the Audiobook version from The Guardian]


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