Penguin, Australia, 2005. First Trade. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Trade Paperback. 374 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Penguin, Australia, 2005. First Trade. *** CONDITION: This book is in near fine condition. More specifically: Covers have no creasing or wear. Spine is uncreased. . Remainder mark on page edges. Pages are lightly tanned. This book is an unread copy. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: A twelfth-century Sicilian cat burglar snatches a sack of artefacts from the king's geographer's library, and the tools and talismans of transmutation - and eternal life - are soon scattered all over the world. The bizarre and dangerous circumstances under which these alchemical objects change hands are testament to their extraordinary value, but it is not until nine hundred years later that a young reporter on a local paper, Paul Tomm, stumbles upon evidence that someone is collecting them again. Investigating the suspicious death of a local professor, Tomm finds the dead man's heavily fortified office stuffed with books on alchemy and clues that the man's life was as suspicious as his death . . . *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Historical; ISBN: 0241143047. ISBN/EAN: 9780241143049. Inventory No: 08010096.. 9780241143049

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Jon Fasman’s dizzyingly plotted intellectual thriller suggests a marriage between Dan Brown and Donna Tartt. When reporter Paul Tomm is assigned to investigate the mysterious death of a reclusive academic, he finds himself pursuing leads that date back to the twelfth century and the theft of alchemical instruments from the geographer of the Sicilian court. Now someone is trying to retrieve them. Interspersed with the present action are the stories of the men and women who came to possess those charmed—and sometimes cursed—artifacts, which have powers that go well beyond the transmutation of lead into gold. Deftly combining history, magic, suspense, and romance—and as handsomely illustrated as an ancient incunabulum— The Geographer’s Library is irresistible.

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Bookseller: Manyhills Books (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 08010096
Title: The Geographer's Library
Author: Jon Fasman
Format/Binding: Trade Paperback
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Trade
Binding: Paperback
ISBN 10: 0241143047
ISBN 13: 9780241143049
Publisher: Penguin
Place of Publication: Australia
Date Published: 2005
Keywords: BZDB5 Fiction; The Geographer's Library
Bookseller catalogs: Historical; Fiction;

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