Book seven of the Lady Apollonia West Country Mysteries. The Lady Apollonia's household in the village of Aust discovers a seriously ill gentleman collapsed at the cottage door of the manor's forester. Assuming his care, the Lady learns that he is court physician to King Henry IV who is rumored to be suffering from serious illness. A malevolent Sicilian Count Dravini had wormed his way into the court of King Henry but is furiously insulted when he...