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The Creator's Map
Emilio Calderon
其他書名
A Novel
出版
Penguin
, 2008-07-17
主題
Fiction / Historical / General
ISBN
1440636729
9781440636721
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=CsoKDlBcM4YC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
A beautiful librarian pursued by the Nazis must protect a mysterious document said to be penned by God's own hand
Emilio Calderón is a true master of the historical novel, able to infuse a specific time and place with clarion detail and an aura of magic. In
The Creator's Map
, he vividly re-creates the shadowy schemes, romantic entanglements, and divided loyalties of a Europe torn apart by World War II. Told from the perspective of José María, a Spanish architect in Rome,
The Creator's Map
brings to life the harrowing days surrounding the rise and fall of fascism as he, along with a passionate young librarian and an Italian prince, become entangled in a web of intrigue, love, and deceit involving a fateful map whose secrets have the power to destroy them.