Death of an Elgin Marble
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
10 April 2017
Summary
The British Museum in Bloomsbury is home to one of the Caryatids, a statue of a maiden that acted as one of the six columns in a temple which stood on the Acropolis in ancient Athens. Lord Elgin had brought her to London in the nineteenth century, and even though now she was over 2,300 years old, she was still rather beautiful - and desirable.
Which is why Lord Francis Powerscourt finds himself summoned by the British Museum to attend a most urgent matter. The Caryatid has been stolen…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781472108661 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1472108663 |
| Author: | David Dickinson |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Constable |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 10 April 2017 |
| Weight: | 266g |
| Dimensions: | 195mm x 132mm x 25mm |
| Series: | Lord Francis Powerscourt |
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Splendid entertainment– Publishers Weekly
Detective fiction in the grand style – James NaughtieBeguilingly real from start to finish … you have to pinch yourself to remind you that it is fiction - or is it? – Peter SnowSplendid entertainment * Publishers Weekly *
About The Author
David Dickinson
David Dickinson was born in Dublin. With an honours degree in Classics from Cambridge, David Dickinson joined the BBC, where he became editor of Newsnight and Panorama, as well as series editor for Monarchy, a three-part programme on the British royal family.
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