The Coral Thief Paperback / softback
by Rebecca Stott
Paperback / softback
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A powerful and gripping historical thriller for fans of The Essex Serpernt and The Miniaturist. 'Original and evocative ... a mesmerising thriller' Daily Telegraph'Full of twists and turns' Scotsman'An enthralling exploration of revolutionary science in post-revolutionary France' Guardian'A book of penetrating humanity and a vivid evocation of Paris' Financial Times Paris, 1815.
Daniel Connor, a young medical student from Edinburgh, has just arrived in Paris to study anatomy at the Jardin des Plantes - only to realise that his letters of introduction and a gift of precious coral specimens, on which his tenure depends, have been stolen by the beautiful woman with whom he shared a stagecoach. In the fervour and tumult of post revolutionary Paris, nothing is quite as it seems.
In trying to recover his lost valuables, Daniel discovers that his beautiful adversary is in fact a philosopher-thief who lives in a shadowy world of outlaws and émigrés.
As Daniel embark on a passionate love affair with the Coral Thief, he is drawn to join her salon of thieves to execute one last breathtakingly bold robbery...
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:256 pages
- Publisher:Orion Publishing Co
- Publication Date:11/11/2010
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- ISBN:9780753827109
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:256 pages
- Publisher:Orion Publishing Co
- Publication Date:11/11/2010
- Category:
- ISBN:9780753827109