Original Novel Title: Act of God: A Novel
Author: Charles Templeton
Publisher: Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1977.
Author: Charles Templeton
Publisher: Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1977.
Saturday, February 28, 2009
The Lost Van Gogh
Original Novel Title: The Lost Van Gogh
Author: A.J. Zerries
Publisher: New York: Tom Doherty Associates, 2006 (hardcover); New York: Tor Books, April 2007 (paperback)
A long missing Vincent van Gogh painting arrives at the Metropolitan Museum of Art by courier from Argentia and thereby hangs this suspense thriller.
Author: A.J. Zerries
Publisher: New York: Tom Doherty Associates, 2006 (hardcover); New York: Tor Books, April 2007 (paperback)
A long missing Vincent van Gogh painting arrives at the Metropolitan Museum of Art by courier from Argentia and thereby hangs this suspense thriller.
Leonardo's Swans: A Novel
Original Novel Title: Leonardo's Swans: A Novel
Author: Karen Essex
Publisher: New York: Doubleday, January 2006 (hardcover); Anchor, January 2007 (paperback)
This work depicts the time the artist-inventor Leonardo da Vinci spent under the patronage of the Duke of Milan, Italy.
Author: Karen Essex
Publisher: New York: Doubleday, January 2006 (hardcover); Anchor, January 2007 (paperback)
This work depicts the time the artist-inventor Leonardo da Vinci spent under the patronage of the Duke of Milan, Italy.
The Audubon Quartet
Original Novel Title: The Audubon Quartet
Author: Ray Sipherd
Publisher: New York: St. Martin's Press, May 1998 (hardcover); Worldwide Library, May 1999 (paperback)
A murder mystery surrounding the purchase by a millionaire of four original paintings by 19th century American wildlife artist John James Audubon. The paintings are declared forgeries by a critic when they are first viewed at a gallery following their sale. The critic ends up dead and artist and part-time private investigator Jonathan Wilder tracks down the killer.
Author: Ray Sipherd
Publisher: New York: St. Martin's Press, May 1998 (hardcover); Worldwide Library, May 1999 (paperback)
A murder mystery surrounding the purchase by a millionaire of four original paintings by 19th century American wildlife artist John James Audubon. The paintings are declared forgeries by a critic when they are first viewed at a gallery following their sale. The critic ends up dead and artist and part-time private investigator Jonathan Wilder tracks down the killer.
The Darwin Conspiracy
Original Novel Title: The Darwin Conspiracy
Author: John Darnton
Publisher: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, September 2005 (hardcover)
A murder mystery that flips between the present and the past and involves the 19th century English naturalist Charles Darwin, there are some excellent scenes in the Manuscripts Room of Cambridge University. Part of the plot revolves around the discovery of a diary kept by Darwin's youngest daughter Lizzie.
Author: John Darnton
Publisher: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, September 2005 (hardcover)
A murder mystery that flips between the present and the past and involves the 19th century English naturalist Charles Darwin, there are some excellent scenes in the Manuscripts Room of Cambridge University. Part of the plot revolves around the discovery of a diary kept by Darwin's youngest daughter Lizzie.
Friday, February 20, 2009
Stealing Athena: A Novel
Original Novel Title: Stealing Athena: A Novel
Author: Karen Essex
Publisher: New York: Doubleday, 2008 (hardcover)
A historical recreation of how the Elgin marbles were brought from Greece to the British Museum. The narrators are the wives of the Earl of Elgin, British ambassador to Constantinople, and Aspasia, the mistress of Perikles of the city-state of Athens two thousand years earlier.
Author: Karen Essex
Publisher: New York: Doubleday, 2008 (hardcover)
A historical recreation of how the Elgin marbles were brought from Greece to the British Museum. The narrators are the wives of the Earl of Elgin, British ambassador to Constantinople, and Aspasia, the mistress of Perikles of the city-state of Athens two thousand years earlier.
Masterpiece
Original Novel Title: Masterpiece
Author: Miranda Glover
Publisher: London: Bantam Press, 2005 (hardcover)
Performance artist Esther Glass sells herself at auction. According to the dust jacket blurb, the novel "gives us rare access and insight into the workings of the contemporary art scene...."
Author: Miranda Glover
Publisher: London: Bantam Press, 2005 (hardcover)
Performance artist Esther Glass sells herself at auction. According to the dust jacket blurb, the novel "gives us rare access and insight into the workings of the contemporary art scene...."
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