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400 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780142000809
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Books
Publication date: 28 May 2002
Description
A cryptic summons to a remote country house launches Isaac Inchbold, a London bookseller and antiquarian, on an odyssey through seventeenth-century Europe. Charged with the task of restoring a magnificent library destroyed by the war, Inchbold mov...
Community Reviews Summary of 127 reviews
Moods
challenging 75%
informative 75%
mysterious 75%
tense 50%
funny 25%
relaxing 25%
Pace
medium 25%
Plot- or character-driven?
Plot: 100%Strong character development?
It's complicated: 66% | No: 33%Loveable characters?
No: 66% | It's complicated: 33%Diverse cast of characters?
No: 100%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 66% | No: 33%Average rating
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400 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780142000809
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Books
Publication date: 28 May 2002
Description
A cryptic summons to a remote country house launches Isaac Inchbold, a London bookseller and antiquarian, on an odyssey through seventeenth-century Europe. Charged with the task of restoring a magnificent library destroyed by the war, Inchbold mov...
Community Reviews Summary of 127 reviews
Moods
challenging 75%
informative 75%
mysterious 75%
tense 50%
funny 25%
relaxing 25%
Pace
medium 25%
Plot- or character-driven?
Plot: 100%Strong character development?
It's complicated: 66% | No: 33%Loveable characters?
No: 66% | It's complicated: 33%Diverse cast of characters?
No: 100%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 66% | No: 33%Average rating
Content Warnings
This book doesn't have any content warnings yet!
If you're the author of this book and want to add author-approved content warnings, please email us at [email protected] to request the content warning form.