The Burning Library
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- 12,99 €
Description de l’éditeur
'I inhaled this fast-paced, clever thriller. A race against time through ancient manuscripts where every revelation comes with a price and nobody can be trusted' Claire Douglas, bestselling author of The New Neighbours
'Blending academia, history and danger, this high-stakes thriller will have your heart pounding' Woman & Home
For over a century two rival organisations of women have gone to deadly lengths to secure a precious scrap of fraying embroidery in the hopes of finding the original medieval manuscript from which it was torn.
There's the Order of St Katherine: devoted to the belief that women must pull strings in the shadows in order to exercise covert control. And the Fellowship of the Larks: determined to amass as many overt positions of power for women as possible . . . while making sure their methods never come to light.
When trailblazing paleographer Dr Anya Brown is headhunted by the exclusive Institute of Manuscript Studies at St Andrews, she's unaware that she is in grave danger - her new employers are the Larks, and they'll stop at nothing to achieve their mission.
As Dr Brown is drawn deeper into this ancient web, events spiral beyond her control. To uncover the truth, and escape with her life, she must summon all her expertise to decipher a series of messages that have lain hidden for centuries.
An exhilarating and page-turning race against time, The Burning Library whisks you from the hallowed cloisters of Oxford, Cambridge and St Andrews to the stunning medieval Italian city of Verona.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
MacMillan (The Manor House) pivots from psychological thrillers to dark academia in this overstuffed Dan Brown riff. After translating a rare medieval manuscript as part of her PhD, Anya Brown has her pick of jobs, but her boyfriend and sick mother tether her to the U.K. When she gets an offer from the Institute of Manuscript Studies in St. Andrews, Scotland, complete with a cottage for two within traveling distance of London, it's almost too good to be true. Anya immediately hits it off with her boss, Diana Cornish, who fails to mention her affinity with the Fellowship of the Larks, a shadowy group searching for an ancient manuscript that believes Anya is their best chance of finding it. They're not the only ones looking. As bodies start to pile up, Anya and her boyfriend go on the run, seeking to evade the Fellowship and a rival gang with the help of a rogue detective. Tantalizing tidbits of medieval history aren't enough to outweigh the book's crowded cast of undermotivated characters or its frustrating refusal to tie up its core mysteries. This has more atmosphere than substance.
