The Bookman's Tale
by Lovett, Charlie
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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New York:: Viking,, (2013). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. After the death of his wife, a young American antiquarian bookseller relocates to a small village in England, but a chance discovery of a picture which bears an uncanny resemblance to his wife sets him on the trail that could prove the… Read more about this item Item Price
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NY: Viking, 2013. Textblock is very clean and tight; Binding lightly edge and corner worn and rubbed. Dust jacket lightly edge and corner word and rubbed, with a couple of closed edge tears, Jacket spine marred by paper label at the base, partially removed; 352p.. First Edition/ First Printing. Boards. Very Good+/Good+ (in mylar). 8vo - 9 '' Tall… Read more about this item Item Price
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