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Our Lady of Pain -1st Edition/1st Impression
by Forbes, Elena
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine in Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 1847243592
- ISBN 13
- 9781847243591
- Seller
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Summerville, South Carolina, United States
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About This Item
[London]: Quercus. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2008. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1847243592 . An elegant first edition/first Impression in Fine condition with cocked spine and trivial page edge soiling in alike dust-wrapper with minor edgewear. SIGNED and dated in the year of publication by author Elena Forbes directly on the title page; This novel is set in a future Rome where the Catholic Church has fallen and the Vatican is in ruins. The main character, a teenage girl, is a slave in the palace of the Emperor. One day, she is given a new job as a servant in the Emperor's private chambers. She soon discovers that the Emperor is a sadistic man who enjoys inflicting pain on his victims. The Emperor's wife, the Empress, is a cruel woman who enjoys watching her husband torture people. The Empress has a daughter, also a cruel woman, who is in charge of the Emperor's harem. The teenage girl soon becomes the Empress's favorite slave, and she begins to enjoy inflicting pain on her victims.; 8vo; 359 pages; Signed by Author .
Reviews
On Apr 2 2015, CloggieDownunder said:
Our Lady of Pain is the second book in the Mark Tartaglia series by British author, Elena Forbes. When a naked body is found in the snow in Holland Park, posed in prayer, a Swinburne poem stuffed in her mouth, DI Mark Tartaglia and his Barnes Murder Squad investigate. On closer examination it transpires that the victim, an attractive, wealthy and well-liked art dealer, had secrets of which even her family and closest friends were unaware. Then a journalist claims a link to a year-old cold case, complicating the investigation even further.
In this instalment, Forbes expands on her two main characters, Tartaglia and DS Sam Donovan, both of whom are appealing, in spite of, or perhaps because of, their flaws. The story features S&M, more than one stalker, and a bit of psychological profiling. This page-turner has a clever plot with a red herring or two, a heart-stopping climax and enough twists that the author should worry about being sued for whiplash injury. A brilliant read.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Books Tell You Why, Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25041
- Title
- Our Lady of Pain -1st Edition/1st Impression
- Author
- Forbes, Elena
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 1847243592
- ISBN 13
- 9781847243591
- Publisher
- Quercus
- Place of Publication
- [London]
- Date Published
- 2008
- Keywords
- Collectible Rare Out-Of-Print, Cons YuSon
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