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Hard cover, (measuring 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches), 594 pp. In black and red paper-covered boards with gold titles, the original pictorial dust jacket, now in mylar. Condition: Fine. D/J Near Fine and unclipped (a bookseller's barcode sticker is taped to bottom of d/j.) The acid-free paper remains bright. The story works backwards from 1909 London to 1867 Europe, and concerns the career of an arms dealer and financier. Part mystery, part love story, "Stone's Fall is an intricately plotted puzzle -- an erudite wedding of history and fiction that feels utterly true and uncannily timely---and marks the return of one of the world's greatest storytellers." (blurb). Called the "best historical mystery ever written." (Boston Globe) It was short-listed for the 2010 Walter Scott Prize for historical fiction.
Ref: MYST 8731
$55.00