{"product_id":"ex-libris-9780142000809","title":"Ex-Libris","description":"A 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.\u003cp\u003eA Book Sense 76 pick\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ross King\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/28\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.96h x 5.28w x 0.73d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780142000809\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2002 pg. 25\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooksense '76 Sep\/Oct 2002\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2002 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43331455975539,"sku":"9.78014E+12","price":26.57,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_9830c61c-1d84-462e-a3f8-66e79d6491aa.jpg?v=1754655725","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/ex-libris-9780142000809","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}