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Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. 320 pages. Early one morning in Paris the magnificent tranquillity of the Sorbonne unive rsity is shattered by a death. But why would Albert Cadas, a crumpled professor of medieval literature, have any reason to kill himself? Meanwhile, Valentine Sa vi, a talented young restorer, receives a visit from an enigmatic elderly gentle man with a unique to restore a priceless medieval manuscript whose timeworn page s promise to reveal the truth of a mystery that has fascinated scholars and writ ers for centuries. Valentine soon learns that the shadowy figures who seek to po ssess the book's secrets are far darker and more ruthless than she could ever ha ve imagined. Together with her friend Hugo Vermeer -- aristocrat, epicure, cro ok -- and David Scotto, Cadas's doctoral student, Valentine finds herself on a t errifying and thrilling adventure through the narrow streets and gloomily palati al mansions of the Latin Quarter.…