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The Somerset Maugham Prize-winning, international bestselling debut "a dazzling linguistic and formal achievement" set in 18th century London (Salman Rushdie).In eighteenth-century London, John Lempriere works feverishly on a celebrated dictionary of classical mythology that bears his name. But when he discovers a conspiracy against his family dating back 150 years, he embarks on a personal mission that will pit him against enemies he never new he had, allies he never thought he would ever want…
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- Author: Lawrence Norfolk, Jean Genet
- Publisher: Grove Press
- Year: 2018
- Pages: 548
- ISBN: 9780802199430
- ISBN-10: 0802199437
- ISBN-13: 9780802199430
- Format: ePub
- Language: English
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The Somerset Maugham Prize-winning, international bestselling debut "a dazzling linguistic and formal achievement" set in 18th century London (Salman Rushdie).In eighteenth-century London, John Lempriere works feverishly on a celebrated dictionary of classical mythology that bears his name. But when he discovers a conspiracy against his family dating back 150 years, he embarks on a personal mission that will pit him against enemies he never new he had, allies he never thought he would ever want, and a destiny he never imagined . . .
Told with the narrative drive of a political thriller and a Dickensian panorama of place and time, this "superbly entertaining" tale encompasses multinational conspiracies and a motley cast of scholars, eccentrics, prostitutes, assassins, drunken aristocrats, and octogenarian pirates--all brilliantly depicted across three continents and the world of classical mythology (The Washington Post).
- Author: Lawrence Norfolk, Jean Genet
- Publisher: Grove Press
- Year: 2018
- Pages: 548
- ISBN: 9780802199430
- ISBN-10: 0802199437
- ISBN-13: 9780802199430
- Format: ePub
- Language: English English
The Somerset Maugham Prize-winning, international bestselling debut "a dazzling linguistic and formal achievement" set in 18th century London (Salman Rushdie).
In eighteenth-century London, John Lempriere works feverishly on a celebrated dictionary of classical mythology that bears his name. But when he discovers a conspiracy against his family dating back 150 years, he embarks on a personal mission that will pit him against enemies he never new he had, allies he never thought he would ever want, and a destiny he never imagined . . .
Told with the narrative drive of a political thriller and a Dickensian panorama of place and time, this "superbly entertaining" tale encompasses multinational conspiracies and a motley cast of scholars, eccentrics, prostitutes, assassins, drunken aristocrats, and octogenarian pirates--all brilliantly depicted across three continents and the world of classical mythology (The Washington Post).
In eighteenth-century London, John Lempriere works feverishly on a celebrated dictionary of classical mythology that bears his name. But when he discovers a conspiracy against his family dating back 150 years, he embarks on a personal mission that will pit him against enemies he never new he had, allies he never thought he would ever want, and a destiny he never imagined . . .
Told with the narrative drive of a political thriller and a Dickensian panorama of place and time, this "superbly entertaining" tale encompasses multinational conspiracies and a motley cast of scholars, eccentrics, prostitutes, assassins, drunken aristocrats, and octogenarian pirates--all brilliantly depicted across three continents and the world of classical mythology (The Washington Post).
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