Bristol House
In modern-day London, architectural historian and recovering alcoholic Annie Kendall hopes to turn her life around and restart her career by locating several long-missing pieces of ancient Judaica. Geoff Harris, an investigative TV reporter, is soon drawn into her quest, both by romantic interest an...
| Main Author: | Swerling, Beverly. |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Viking,
c2013.
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| Summary: |
In modern-day London, architectural historian and recovering alcoholic Annie Kendall hopes to turn her life around and restart her career by locating several long-missing pieces of ancient Judaica. Geoff Harris, an investigative TV reporter, is soon drawn into her quest, both by romantic interest and suspicions about the head of the Shalom Foundation, the organization sponsoring her work. He's also a dead ringer for the ghost of a monk Annie believes she has seen at the flat she is subletting in Bristol House. In 1535, Tudor London is a very different city, one in which monks are being executed by Henry VIII and Jews are banished. In this treacherous environment of religious persecution, a Carthusian monk and a goldsmith known as the Jew of Holborn must navigate a shadowy world of intrigue involving Thomas Cromwell, Jewish treasure, and sexual secrets. Their struggles shed light on the mysteries Annie and Geoff aim to puzzle out--at their own peril. |
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| Physical Description: |
398 p. : maps ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780670025930 0670025933 |
| Author Notes: |
(Bowker Author Biography) |