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| Verlag | HarperCollins UK |
| Auflage | 2017 |
| Format | 12,9 x 19,8 x 3,6 cm |
| Gewicht | 410 g |
| Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
| Reihe | James Marwood 1 |
| ISBN-10 | 0008119090 |
| EAN | 9780008119096 |
| Bestell-Nr | 00811909EA |
The first book in the brilliant historical crime mystery series from the No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author
'This is terrific stuff' Daily Telegraph
'A breathtakingly ambitious picture of an era' Financial Times
'A masterclass in how to weave a well-researched history into a complex plot' The Times
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'This is terrific stuff' Daily Telegraph
'A breathtakingly ambitious picture of an era' Financial Times
'A masterclass in how to weave a well-researched history into a complex plot' The Times
Rezension:
'Ashes of London is terrific' Sarah Hilary
'The Ashes of London presents a breathtakingly ambitious picture of an era ... the multiple narrative strands are drawn together in a brilliantly orchestrated finale' Financial Times
'In this elegant, engrossing novel set during an extraordinary period, Taylor skilfully presents a London in which so many must still pay the price for the Civil War and the murder of King Charles I' Sunday Express
'One of the most reliably enjoyable of historical novelists ... Taylor demonstrates his usual command of plot and historical background' The Sunday Times
'A complex weave of history and mystery and the first of a new series from Andrew Taylor' The i
'The author conveys the confusion and uncertainty of the times in a pacy story of Charles II's desire for vengeance, the struggle to rebuild a stricken city and the hunt for a murderer' Daily Mail
'This is terrific stuff: intelligent, engrossing and, in its evocation of a long-vanished London, wonderfully plausible.' Toby Clements, Daily Telegraph
'The Ashes of London weaves a pacy story from the framework of true events. A new Shardlake may rise from the ashes' The Times
'Andrew Taylor provides a masterclass in how to weave a well-researched history into a complex plot.' The Times, Books of the Year
'Thrilling... Gripping, fast-moving and credible... It's a well-constructed political thriller with moments of horror, admirable and enjoyable. Taylor has done his research so thoroughly as to be unobtrusive' Spectator
'Finely wrought and solidly researched... The novel's plot is fiendishly complex' Sunday Telegraph