Scherzo: Murder and Mystery in 18th Century Venice - Couverture souple

Williams, Jim

 
9781908943613: Scherzo: Murder and Mystery in 18th Century Venice
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1908943610 ISBN 13 : 9781908943613
Editeur : Marble City Publishing, 2023

Synopsis

MEET two unusual detectives. Ludovico - a young man who has had his testicles cut off for the sake of opera. And Monsieur Arouet - a fraudster, or just possibly the philosopher Voltaire.VISIT the setting. Carnival time in mid-18th century Venice, a city of winter mists, and the season of masquerade and decadence.ENCOUNTER a Venetian underworld of pimps, harlots, gamblers, forgers and charlatans.BEWARE of a mysterious coterie of aristocrats, Jesuits, Freemasons and magicians.DISCOVER a murder: that of the nobleman, Sgr Alessandro Molin, found swinging from a bridge with his innards hanging out and a message in code from his killer.Scherzo is a murder mystery of sparkling vivacity and an historical novel of stunning originality told with a wit and style highly praised by critics and nominated for the Booker Prize.

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Éditeur
Marble City Publishing
Date d'édition
2023
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1908943610
ISBN 13 
9781908943613
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
392
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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Hamburg
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9781908943316: Scherzo: Murder and Mystery in 18th Century Venice

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  1908943319 ISBN 13 :  9781908943316
Editeur : Marble City Publishing, 2013
Couverture souple