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Death of an Elgin Marble
David Dickinson
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Description for Death of an Elgin Marble
Paperback. The 12th Lord Francis Powerscourt murder mystery. Series: Lord Francis Powerscourt. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
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 and an inferior copy left in ... Read more
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 and an inferior copy left in ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
Lord Francis Powerscourt
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781472108661
SKU
V9781472108661
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Ref
99-1
About 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.
Reviews for Death of an Elgin Marble
Splendid entertainment
Publishers Weekly
Beguilingly real from start to finish . . . you have to pinch yourself to remind you that it is fiction - or is it?
Peter Snow Detective fiction in the grand style
James Naughtie
Publishers Weekly
Beguilingly real from start to finish . . . you have to pinch yourself to remind you that it is fiction - or is it?
Peter Snow Detective fiction in the grand style
James Naughtie