The Body in the Castle Well Speculative Fiction Because there’s nothing more hopeful

Because there’s nothing more hopeful than finding a person who understands your loneliness—and who can maybe even help take it away

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A 1942 Caldecott Honor Book

The Body in the Castle Well Speculative Fiction Because there’s nothing more hopefulWhen Claudia Muller, a young American woman, turns up dead in the courtyard of an ancient castle in his jurisdiction, Bruno Courrges initially assumes that she died of an overdose. But Claudias doctor soon persuades him that things may not be so simple, setting Bruno on an investigation that will lead him from the Renaissance to the French Resistance and beyond. Claudia had been studying with Monsieur de Bourdeille, a renowned art historian who became