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"Christian Stern, an ambitious young scholar and alchemist, arrives in Prague in the bitter winter of 1599, intent on making his fortune at the court of the Holy Roman Emperor, the eccentric Rudolf II. The night of his arrival, drunk and lost, Christian stumbles upon the body of a young woman in Golden Lane, an alley hard by Rudolf's great castle. Dressed in a velvet gown, wearing a large gold medallion around her neck, the woman is clearly well-born--or was, for her throat has been slashed. A lesser man would smell danger, but Christian is determined to follow his fortunes wherever they may lead"-- Provided by publisher
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Wolf on a String, John Banville
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- Released
- 2018
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- Title
- Wolf on a String
- Language
- English
- Authors
- John Banville
- Publisher
- Picador
- Released
- 2018
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 320
- ISBN10
- 1250182522
- ISBN13
- 9781250182524
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Mystery & Thriller, Historical Fiction, Mystery Novels, Murders, Detective Fiction, Prague, Historical Mystery, Investigation, Intrigues, Irish Literature, 16th century, Emperors
- First published
- 2017
- Original title
- Prague Nights
- Rating
- 3.15 out of 5
- Description
- "Christian Stern, an ambitious young scholar and alchemist, arrives in Prague in the bitter winter of 1599, intent on making his fortune at the court of the Holy Roman Emperor, the eccentric Rudolf II. The night of his arrival, drunk and lost, Christian stumbles upon the body of a young woman in Golden Lane, an alley hard by Rudolf's great castle. Dressed in a velvet gown, wearing a large gold medallion around her neck, the woman is clearly well-born--or was, for her throat has been slashed. A lesser man would smell danger, but Christian is determined to follow his fortunes wherever they may lead"-- Provided by publisher