The Mask of Troy - Rilegato

Gibbins, David

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0755353951 ISBN 13: 9780755353958

Casa editrice: Headline Book Publishing, 2010

Riassunto

Jack Howard becomes part of a terrifying legacy and a race against time, in the action-packed new adventure from bestselling author David Gibbins. Greece. 1876. Heinrich Schliemann, the great archaeologist, raises the Mask of Agamemnon and makes a mind-blowing discovery. Determined to keep it a secret until the time is right, he then dies. Germany. 1945. The liberation of a concentration camp reveals clues to lost antiquities stolen by the Nazis. But the operation is covered up after a deadly secret surfaces. Northern Aegean. Present day. Marine archaeologist Jack Howard discovers a shipwreck with ancient inscriptions that indicate the galley is part of the war fleet of Agamemnon, king of the Greeks. When Jack's daughter finds a drawing made by a concentration camp survivor that holds a clue to Schliemann's secret, Jack becomes embroiled in a desperate chase across Europe against a ruthless enemy...

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Descrizione del libro:

'What do you get if you cross Indiana Jones with Dan Brown? Answer: David Gibbins' Mirror

L'autore:

David Gibbins has worked in underwater archaeology all his professional life. After taking a PhD from Cambridge University he taught archaeology in Britain and abroad, and is a world authority on ancient shipwrecks and sunken cities. He has led numerous expeditions to investigate underwater sites in the Mediterranean and around the world. He currently divides his time between fieldwork, England and Canada.

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• Editore: Headline Book Publishing
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0755353951
• ISBN 13: 9780755353958
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 416