Death of an Elgin Marble
$31.20
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
10 April 2017
Summary
The Vanishing Caryatid: A Powerscourt Mystery
The British Museum in Bloomsbury guards a treasure: a Caryatid, a maiden statue from the Acropolis, brought to London in the nineteenth century by Lord Elgin. Though over 2,300 years old, her beauty still captivates.
Lord Francis Powerscourt is urgently summoned: the Caryatid has been stolen, replaced by a fake. Powerscourt agrees to investigate discreetly, but tragedy strikes. A British Museum employee, a potential key to the my…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781472108661 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1472108663 |
| Series: | Lord Francis Powerscourt |
| 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 |
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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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