The Pindar Diamond

ISBN-13: 9781408809860 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 288 str.

Katie Hickman

Opis

Venice, 1604. When rumours of a spectacularly rare and priceless diamond begin to circulate, Paul Pindar becomes convinced that the jewel is somehow linked to the fate of his former love, Celia Lamprey. As his obsession with the mysterious stone grows it becomes clear that there are other, more sinister forces at play.

Recenzje

'Beautifully written, glamorous, disturbing and very dark' Wendy Holden, Daily Mail

O autorze

Katie Hickman is the author of six previous books, including two bestselling history books, Courtesans and Daughters of Britannia. She has written two travel books: Travels with a Circus, about her experiences travelling with a Mexican circus, which was shortlisted for the 1993 Thomas Cook Travel Book Award, and Dreams of the Peaceful Dragon, about a journey on horseback through the forbidden Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan. She was shortlisted for the Sunday Times Young British Writer of the Year award for her novel The Quetzal Summer. Katie Hickman lives in London with her two children and her husband, the philosopher A.C. Grayling.