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The Bookman's Tale
by Lovett, Charlie
- Used
- Fine
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0143125389
- ISBN 13
- 9780143125389
- Seller
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St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
First paperback edition first printing of this historical bibliomystery. In fine unread condition.
Synopsis
A mysterious portrait ignites an antiquarian bookseller’s search through time and the works of Shakespeare for his lost love Guaranteed to capture the hearts of everyone who truly loves books, The Bookman’s Tale is a former bookseller’s sparkling novel and a delightful exploration of one of literature’s most tantalizing mysteries with echoes of Shadow of the Wind and A.S. Byatt's Possession . Hay-on-Wye, 1995. Peter Byerly isn’t sure what drew him into this particular bookshop. Nine months earlier, the death of his beloved wife, Amanda, had left him shattered. The young antiquarian bookseller relocated from North Carolina to the English countryside, hoping to rediscover the joy he once took in collecting and restoring rare books. But upon opening an eighteenth-century study of Shakespeare forgeries, Peter is shocked when a portrait of Amanda tumbles out of its pages. Of course, it isn’t really her. The watercolor is clearly Victorian. Yet the resemblance is uncanny, and Peter becomes obsessed with learning the picture’s origins. As he follows the trail back first to the Victorian era and then to Shakespeare’s time, Peter communes with Amanda’s spirit, learns the truth about his own past, and discovers a book that might definitively prove Shakespeare was, indeed, the author of all his plays.
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- Bookseller
- Scene of the Crime Books, ABAC, IOBA
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19761127012
- Title
- The Bookman's Tale
- Author
- Lovett, Charlie
- Format/Binding
- Oversized Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Paperback edition first printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0143125389
- ISBN 13
- 9780143125389
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2013
- Bookseller catalogs
- Bibliomysteries; Suspense; Historical Fiction; Mystery;
Terms of Sale
Scene of the Crime Books, ABAC, IOBA
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About the Seller
Scene of the Crime Books, ABAC, IOBA
Biblio member since 2005
St. Catharines, Ontario
About Scene of the Crime Books, ABAC, IOBA
My wife and I have been operating Scene of the Crime Books since 1996. In 2004 we attempted to go against the market and open a storefront on Oakville Ontario. In August 2006 we closed the brick and mortar and humbly went back to just internet. We now do internet and appointment only through our home. So if you're in our neighborhood let us know 24 hours ahead of time. Thank you. Don Longmuir
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