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The Coral Thief

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  • Format
  • Bog, paperback
  • Engelsk
  • 256 sider

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A powerful and gripping historical thriller for fans of The Essex Serpernt and The Miniaturist.

'Original and evocative ... a mesmerising thriller' Daily Telegraph

'Full of twists and turns' Scotsman

'An enthralling exploration of revolutionary science in post-revolutionary France' Guardian

'A book of penetrating humanity and a vivid evocation of Paris' Financial Times

Paris, 1815. Daniel Connor, a young medical student from Edinburgh, has just arrived in Paris to study anatomy at the Jardin des Plantes - only to realise that his letters of introduction and a gift of precious coral specimens, on which his tenure depends, have been stolen by the beautiful woman with whom he shared a stagecoach.

In the fervour and tumult of post revolutionary Paris, nothing is quite as it seems. In trying to recover his lost valuables, Daniel discovers that his beautiful adversary is in fact a philosopher-thief who lives in a shadowy world of outlaws and émigrés. As Daniel embark on a passionate love affair with the Coral Thief, he is drawn to join her salon of thieves to execute one last breathtakingly bold robbery...

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Detaljer
  • SprogEngelsk
  • Sidetal256
  • Udgivelsesdato11-11-2010
  • ISBN139780753827109
  • Forlag Weidenfeld & Nicolson
  • FormatPaperback
Størrelse og vægt
  • Vægt220 g
  • Dybde1,9 cm
  • coffee cup img
    10 cm
    book img
    13,1 cm
    19,8 cm

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