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A bold neo-Victorian murder mystery set in a remote gold-mining frontier town in 19th-century New Zealand. In 1866, a weary Englishman lands in a gold-mining frontier town on the coast of New Zealand to make his fortune and forever leave behind his family's shame. On arrival, he stumbles across a tense gathering of twelve local men who have met in secret to investigate what links three crimes that occurred on a single day, events in which each man finds himself implicated in some way.
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The Luminaries, Various authors
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- Released
- 2013
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- Title
- The Luminaries
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Various authors
- Publisher
- McClelland & Stewart
- Released
- 2013
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 832
- ISBN13
- 9780771019104
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Religion & Spirituality, Historical Fiction, Love, Contemporary Fiction, New Age & Spirituality, 19th century, Astrology, Frauds, Horoscopes, Stars, Planets, Constellations, Adapted into Series, New Zealand, Gold, Booker Prize, Gold Rush, Gold Mining, New Zealand Literature
- First published
- 2013
- Original title
- The Luminaries
- Rating
- 3.75 out of 5
- Description
- A bold neo-Victorian murder mystery set in a remote gold-mining frontier town in 19th-century New Zealand. In 1866, a weary Englishman lands in a gold-mining frontier town on the coast of New Zealand to make his fortune and forever leave behind his family's shame. On arrival, he stumbles across a tense gathering of twelve local men who have met in secret to investigate what links three crimes that occurred on a single day, events in which each man finds himself implicated in some way.