Lempriere's Dictionary
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Lempriere's Dictionary by Lawrence Norfolk
While tending to his father's business affairs, John Lempriere, a young scholar, discovers a 150-year-old conspiracy that has kept his family from its share of the fabulously wealthy East India Company. But as John begins to untangle the years of mystery and deceit, people begin to die, in ways that mirror the very myths he is researching.
Historical fiction of mesmerizing complexity.. It is a masterpiece * Daily Mail *
A love story and a story of fantastic adventure, it is also a hugely comic novel * Sunday Times *
A dazzling linguistic and formal achievment -- Salman Rushdie
Poised, superbly inventive and gripping. With Lemprière's Dictionary the precocious author has catapulted himself into the premier league of English fiction writing * Observer *
Extravagantly spectacular...myriad wonders and pleasures abound....superbly entertaining * Washington Post *
A love story and a story of fantastic adventure, it is also a hugely comic novel * Sunday Times *
A dazzling linguistic and formal achievment -- Salman Rushdie
Poised, superbly inventive and gripping. With Lemprière's Dictionary the precocious author has catapulted himself into the premier league of English fiction writing * Observer *
Extravagantly spectacular...myriad wonders and pleasures abound....superbly entertaining * Washington Post *
Lawrence Norfolk was born in London in 1963. He read English at King's College, London, graduating in 1986. He began teaching, studied for a Ph.D., and worked as a freelance writer on a number of reference books, contributing articles and reviews to magazines and journals including the Times Literary Supplement. He has written three novels; Lemprière's Dictionary, Pope's Rhinoceros and In the Shape of a Boar.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780749398194 |
| ISBN 10 | 0749398191 |
| Title | Lempriere's Dictionary |
| Author | Lawrence Norfolk |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 1992-07-02 |
| Number of pages | 656 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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