The School of Night
(Sprache: Englisch)
An ancient mystery, a lost letter, and a timeless love unleash a long-buried web of intrigue. In the late sixteenth century, five scholars gather at night to discuss God, politics, astronomy, and the black arts. Known as the SCHOOL OF NIGHT, they meet in...
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An ancient mystery, a lost letter, and a timeless love unleash a long-buried web of intrigue. In the late sixteenth century, five scholars gather at night to discuss God, politics, astronomy, and the black arts. Known as the SCHOOL OF NIGHT, they meet in secret. But one of the men, Thomas Harriot, has secrets of his own, secrets he shares with only one person. In modern-day Washington, D.C., ...
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An ancient mystery, a lost letter, and a timeless love unleash a long-buried web of intrigue that spans four centuriesIn the late sixteenth century, five brilliant scholars gather under the cloak of darkness to discuss God, politics, astronomy, and the black arts. Known as the School of Night, they meet in secret to avoid the wrath of Queen Elizabeth. But one of the men, Thomas Harriot, has secrets of his own, secrets he shares with one person only: the servant woman he loves.
In modern-day Washington, D.C., disgraced Elizabethan scholar Henry Cavendish has been hired by the ruthless antiquities collector Bernard Styles to find a missing letter. The letter dates from the 1600s and was stolen by Henry's close friend, Alonzo Wax. Now Wax is dead and Styles wants the letter back.
Autoren-Porträt von Louis Bayard
Louis Bayard is the author of The Black Tower, the national bestseller The Pale Blue Eye, and Mr. Timothy, a New York Times Notable Book. A former staff writer for Salon.com, Bayard has written articles and reviews for The New York Times, The Washington Post, Nerve.com, and Preservation, among other publications. He lives in Washington, D.C.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Louis Bayard
- 2011, 352 Seiten, Maße: 16,4 x 23,8 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Henry Holt
- ISBN-10: 080509069X
- ISBN-13: 9780805090697
Sprache:
Englisch
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"... [Bayard] reinvigorates historical fiction, rendering the nineteenth century as if he'd witnessed it firsthand." ¿New York Times Book Review "Bayard shows why he is at the forefront of literary historical fiction today." ¿Matthew Pearl, author of The Dante Club and The Poe Shadow
"Louis Bayard¿ has emerged as a writer of historical thrillers in the vein of Caleb Carr, author of The Alienist, and 19th century writers such as Alexandre Dumas, author of The Count of Monte Cristo." ¿Wall Street Journal
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