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Death And The Maiden: (Vienna Blood 6)

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Description for Death And The Maiden: (Vienna Blood 6) Paperback. Vienna, 1903. An operatic diva, Ida Rosenkrantz, is found dead in her luxurious villa. It appears that she has taken an overdose of morphine, but a broken rib, discovered during autopsy, suggests other and more sinister possibilities. Series: Liebermann Papers. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 26. Weight in Grams: 276.

Vienna, 1903.

An operatic diva, Ida Rosenkrantz, is found dead in her luxurious villa. It appears that she has taken an overdose of morphine, but a broken rib, discovered during autopsy, suggests other and more sinister possibilities. Detective Inspector Oskar Rheinhardt seeks the assistance of his young friend, the psychoanalyst Dr Max Liebermann, and they begin their inquiries at Vienna's majestic opera house, where its director, Gustav Mahler, is struggling to maintain a pure artistic vision while threatened on all sides by pompous bureaucrats, vainglorious singers, and a hostile press.

When the demagogue Mayor of Vienna, Karl ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Cornerstone
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Series
Liebermann Papers
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099519683
SKU
V9780099519683
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99-2

About Frank Tallis
Frank Tallis is a writer and clinical psychologist. He has held lecturing posts at the Institute of Psychiatry and King's College, London. He has written self-help manuals (How to Stop Worrying, Understanding Obsessions and Compulsions) non-fiction for the general reader (Changing Minds, Hidden Minds, Love Sick), academic text books and over thirty academic papers in international journals. He has also ... Read more

Reviews for Death And The Maiden: (Vienna Blood 6)
This sixth Viennese mystery to feature the sleuthing double-act of detective Oskar Rheinhardt and psychoanalyst Max Liebermann should satisfy Frank Tallis's old admirers and seduce new ones
The Independent
A serious, well-informed and interesting novel
Literary Review
With plenty of entertaining, intelligent dialogue and two subplots... this novel convinces with every word
HNR Reviews
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