The Philosopher's Apprentice - Couverture souple

Morrow, James

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0753826402 ISBN 13 : 9780753826409

Editeur : Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ), 2009

Synopsis

After crashing and burning during his PhD viva, Mason Ambrose is offered a large amount of money to go to a mysterious tropical island - Isla de Sangre. His employer is wealthy recluse Edwina Sabachtani whose daughter has supposedly lost her sense of right and wrong after a diving accident. Mason is to use his knowledge as a philosopher to instil a conscience, a moral compass in the child. Mason happily instructs her in schools of thought, from the stoics to the epicureans, but it is when he introduces Londa to the Beatitudes that the seeds of a rampaging sense of justice are sown. Venturing from the confines of the island, Londa sets out to create a world that is more just. But when she takes her crusade too far, kidnapping a boat full of wealthy industrialists, Mason realises he must take desperate measures...

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

James Morrow has lectured and worked in the fields of magazine publishing and television, as well as writing for children. He has written several books of science fiction but this is his first novel for the general audience.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0753826402
• ISBN 13: 9780753826409
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 368
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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