{"product_id":"ex-libris-9780142000809","title":"Ex-Libris","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Ross King\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Mystery \u0026amp; Detective - Historical\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA 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 moves between Prague and the Tower Bridge in London, his fortunes--and his life--hanging on his ability to recover a missing manuscript. Yet the lost volume is not what it seems, and his search is part of a treacherous game of underworld spies and smugglers, ciphers, and forgeries. Inchbold's adventure is compelling from beginning to end as \u003cb\u003eRoss King\u003c\/b\u003e vividly recreates the turmoil of Europe in the seventeenth century--the sacks of great cities; Raleigh's final voyage; the quest for occult knowledge; and a watery escape from three mysterious horsemen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Book Sense 76 pick\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45408434061463,"sku":"9780142000809","price":1924.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780142000809.webp?v=1767309892","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/ex-libris-9780142000809","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}