The Moon and the Sun - Rilegato

McIntyre, Vonda N.

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0671567659 ISBN 13: 9780671567651

Casa editrice: Simon & Schuster, 1997

Riassunto

In seventeenth-century France, Louis XIV rules with flamboyant ambition. In his domain, wealth and beauty take all; frivolity begets cruelty; science andalchemy collide. From the Hall of Mirrors to the vermin-infested attics of the Chateau at Versailles, courtiers compete to please the king, sacrificing fortune, principles, and even the sacred bond between brother and sister.By the fiftieth year of his reign, Louis XIV has made France the most powerful state in the western world. Yet the Sun King's appetite for glory knows no bounds. In a bold stroke, he sends his natural philosopher on anexpedition to seek the source of immortality -- the rare, perhaps mythical, sea monsters. For the glory, of his God, his country, and his king, Father Yves de la Croix returns with his treasures: one heavy shroud packed in ice...and a covered basin that imprisons a shrieking creature.

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L'autore

Vonda N. McIntyre has been on the New York Times bestseller list five times, most recently for her novel STAR WARS: The Crystal Star. Her novel Dreamsnake won both the Nebula Award and the Hugo Award, and there are ore than four million copies of her books in print. A resident of Seattle, McIntyre is currently working on her next novel, soon to be published by Pocket Books.

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• Editore: Simon & Schuster
• Data di pubblicazione: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0671567659
• ISBN 13: 9780671567651
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 421