Der Alchimist von Oxford
- 255 Seiten
- 9 Lesestunden
Ian Morson Bücher
Dieser Autor befasst sich mit den komplexen Verbindungen zwischen Vergangenheit und Gegenwart, oft vor dem Hintergrund malerischer englischer Landschaften. Seine stilistische Präzision und Liebe zum Detail ziehen den Leser in eine Welt, in der Tradition auf Moderne trifft. Die Werke sind von einem tiefen Verständnis der menschlichen Psyche und Motivationen durchdrungen, was sie zu fesselnden Erzählungen macht. Das Schreiben spiegelt die Faszination des Autors für Folkmusik und das Leben einfacher Leute wider, die organisch in die Erzählung eingewoben sind.
Im Schatten der Abtei
- 252 Seiten
- 9 Lesestunden
Falconer and the Great Beast
- 220 Seiten
- 8 Lesestunden
It is 1268. Oxford is forced to play host to the Tartars, a tribe from the East whose deeds have wreaked havoc in France and Germany. This time they claim their mission is a peaceful one -- they merely wish to gain audience with the king. But are they to be trusted? When the Tartar ambassador is found dead, it looks like cold-blooded murder. Falconer is on the case once more, but even when he thinks he's solved the case, he still has to trick the murderer into giving himself away.
City of the Dead
- 316 Seiten
- 12 Lesestunden
Down on his luck Venetian entrepreneur Nick Zuliani accepts an offer by Friar Alberoni to act as his bodyguard on a journey to the Mongol overlord, Kubla Khan and finds himself investigating a murder in the fabled city of Xanadu.
From its first arrival in Britain with the Norman forces of William the Conqueror, violence and revenge are the cursed sword's constant companions. From an election-rigging scandal in 13th century Venice to the battlefield of Poitiers in 1356, as the Sword of Shame passes from owner to owner in this compelling collection of interlinked mysteries, it brings nothing but bad luck and disgrace to all who possess it.
