{"id":1093,"date":"2014-02-16T18:11:58","date_gmt":"2014-02-16T23:11:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mayliang.us\/?p=1093"},"modified":"2014-02-16T18:11:58","modified_gmt":"2014-02-16T23:11:58","slug":"book-review-the-time-of-murder-at-mayerling-by-ann-dukthas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mayliang.us\/?p=1093","title":{"rendered":"Book review:  The Time of Murder at Mayerling by Ann Dukthas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a style=\"float: left; padding-right: 20px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/1888747.The_Time_of_Murder_at_Mayerling\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Time of Murder at Mayerling (Nicholas Segalla, #3)\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net\/books\/1260313073m\/1888747.jpg?ssl=1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/1888747.The_Time_of_Murder_at_Mayerling\">The Time of Murder at Mayerling<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/667111.Ann_Dukthas\">Ann Dukthas<\/a><\/p>\n<p>My rating: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/856784986\">3 of 5 stars<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Time of Murder at Mayerling&#8221; by Ann Dukthas (a pseudonym of Paul Doherty) is a continuation of a historical mystery series starring Nicholas Segalla, a man who never dies and is also present at pivotal historical events. Segalla solves various mysteries throughout time, enlightening the author of his findings. &#8220;Mayerling&#8221; revolves around the 1889 death of Archduke Rudolph (the heir to the Hapsburg Empire and his young mistress, Maria Vetsera. Historians have labeled these two deaths as a murder-suicide, but Segalla proves differently.<br \/>\nI enjoy the premise of this series very much, and the mysterious and immortal Nicholas Segalla&#8217;s character is excellently portrayed. He&#8217;s smart, clever, and discreet. I don&#8217;t know enough about this time period to comment on the merits and accuracy of the author&#8217;s conclusions. (I will say that I found her other two mysteries where I do know a bit more about the time periods, &#8220;A Time for the Death of a King&#8221; and &#8220;The Prince Lost to Time&#8221; enjoyable but unpersuasive.)<br \/>\nCompared to his other two books that I&#8217;ve read, this one falls a little flat, but it may be due to my being less informed about this period in history.<br \/>\nThis is a fun mystery&#8211;and the series a fun series&#8211;to read. You may or may not be persuaded by the end result, but it&#8217;s fascinating to read another perspective on a well known historical set of events. The mysteries are well written and well researched. And if the interpretation is different than either conventional history or your own opinions, well, there&#8217;s certainly nothing wrong with learning another point of view.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/list\/1396812-may\">View all my reviews<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Time of Murder at Mayerling by Ann Dukthas My rating: 3 of 5 stars &#8220;The Time of Murder at Mayerling&#8221; by Ann Dukthas (a pseudonym of Paul Doherty) is a continuation of a historical mystery series starring Nicholas Segalla, a man who never dies and is also present at pivotal historical events. 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