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It is eighteenth century London and John Lempriere, a young scholar, is writing a dictionary of classical mythology in an attempt to exorcise the demons raised by his father's bizarre and violent death. While tending to his father's business affairs, Lempriere discovers a 150-year-old conspiracy that has kept his family from its share of the fabulously wealthy East India Company, but as John begins to untangle the years of mystery and deceit, people begin to die, in ways that mirror the very myths he is researching...
| ISBN | 0749398191 | | DEWEY edition | DC20 | | ISBN13 | 9780749398194
(What's this?) | | Pages | 640 | | Publisher | Vintage | | Weight (grammes) | 533 | | Imprint | Vintage | | Published in | London | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 198 | | Publication date | 03 Jan 1998 | | Width (mm) | 129 | | Non-book description | B | | Spine width (mm) | 33 | | DEWEY | 823.914 | | Academic level | General |
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"This novel outstrips any I've read."-"New York Times Book Review" "A dazzling linguistic and formal achievement." -Salman Rushdie "Extravagantly spectacular . . . myriad wonders and pleasures abound . . . superbly entertaining."-"Washington Post"  Be the first to write a customer review
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