{"product_id":"ex-libris-paperback","title":"Ex-Libris - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRoss King\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA cryptic summons to a remote country house launches Isaac Inchbold, a London bookseller and antiquarian, on an odyssey through seventeenth-century Europe. Charged with the task of restoring a magnificent library destroyed by the war, Inchbold moves between Prague and the Tower Bridge in London, his fortunes--and his life--hanging on his ability to recover a missing manuscript. Yet the lost volume is not what it seems, and his search is part of a treacherous game of underworld spies and smugglers, ciphers, and forgeries. Inchbold's adventure is compelling from beginning to end as \u003cb\u003eRoss King\u003c\/b\u003e vividly recreates the turmoil of Europe in the seventeenth century--the sacks of great cities; Raleigh's final voyage; the quest for occult knowledge; and a watery escape from three mysterious horsemen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Book Sense 76 pick\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRoss King\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Judgment of Paris\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBrunelleschi's Dome\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMichelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling\u003c\/i\u003e. He has twice won the Governor General's Award for Non-Fiction (for \u003ci\u003eThe Judgment of Paris\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLeonardo and the Last Supper\u003c\/i\u003e). Born and raised in Canada, King holds degrees from the University of Regina, York University, and University College, London. He now lives near Oxford, England.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.73 x 7.96 x 5.28 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 28, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52549861245235,"sku":"9780142000809","price":31.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/OTJZUkJpcEJoZkNYSUhyVkJvZU5yZz09.webp?v=1761058458","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/ex-libris-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}