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Product Identifiers
PublisherLittle Brown & Company
ISBN-10031600703X
ISBN-139780316007030
eBay Product ID (ePID)18038276018
Product Key Features
Book TitleDrood
Number of Pages800 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2010
TopicMystery & Detective / Historical, Thrillers / Historical, Biographical, Historical
GenreFiction
AuthorDan Simmons
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height2.3 in
Item Weight25.6 Oz
Item Length8.2 in
Item Width5.6 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
Reviews A spellbinding tale, bold and sly and so steeped in the filigree of this era that it seems to have been written just after a séance during which both Dickens and Wilkie Collins were present., A spellbinding tale, bold and sly and so steeped in the filigree of this era that it seems to have been written just after a s ance during which both Dickens and Wilkie Collins were present., " A spellbinding tale, bold and sly and so steeped in the filigree of this era that it seems to have been written just after a séance during which both Dickens and Wilkie Collins were present."-- Julia Keller , Chicago Tribune, A dazzling journey through a crooked, gaslit labyrinth and a tenebrous portraiture of the tortured minotaurs that dwell within. Genius is the true mystery, and at its edge--the abyss., A spellbinding tale, bold and sly and so steeped in the filigree of this era that it seems to have been written just after a sance during which both Dickens and Wilkie Collins were present., Simmons has captured to a tee the high style of late Victorian melodrama: the story line is consistently engrossing and utterly unpredictable. This rip-roaring adventure is a true page-turner., "Simmons has captured to a tee the high style of late Victorian melodrama: the story line is consistently engrossing and utterly unpredictable. This rip-roaring adventure is a true page-turner."-- Library Journal
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal813/.54
SynopsisOn June 9, 1865, while traveling by train to London with his secret mistress, 53-year-old Charles Dickens -- at the height of his powers and popularity, the most famous and successful novelist in the world and perhaps in the history of the world -- hurtled into a disaster that changed his life forever. Did Dickens begin living a dark double life after the accident? Were his nightly forays into the worst slums of London and his deepening obsession with corpses, crypts, murder, opium dens, the use of lime pits to dissolve bodies, and a hidden subterranean London mere research . . . or something more terrifying? Just as he did in The Terror , Dan Simmons draws impeccably from history to create a gloriously engaging and terrifying narrative. Based on the historical details of Charles Dickens's life and narrated by Wilkie Collins (Dickens's friend, frequent collaborator, and Salieri-style secret rival), Drood explores the still-unsolved mysteries of the famous author's last years and may provide the key to Dickens's final, unfinished work: The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Chilling, haunting, and utterly original, Drood is Dan Simmons at his powerful best., On June 9, 1865, while traveling by train to London with his secret mistress, 53-year-old Charles Dickens--at the height of his powers and popularity, the most famous and successful novelist in the world and perhaps in the history of the world--hurtled into a disaster that changed his life forever . Did Dickens begin living a dark double life after the accident? Were his nightly forays into the worst slums of London and his deepening obsession with corpses, crypts, murder, opium dens, the use of lime pits to dissolve bodies, and a hidden subterranean London mere research . . . or something more terrifying? Just as he did in The Terror , Dan Simmons draws impeccably from history to create a gloriously engaging and terrifying narrative. Based on the historical details of Charles Dickens's life and narrated by Wilkie Collins (Dickens's friend, frequent collaborator, and Salieri-style secret rival), DROOD explores the still-unsolved mysteries of the famous author's last years and may provide the key to Dickens's final, unfinished work: The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Chilling, haunting, and utterly original, DROOD is Dan Simmons at his powerful best.
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- 06. Mai. 2025
Drood
Loved this book by simmons. But not as much as the terror. But it's good. Kinda historical.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 31. Jul. 2018
Fantastic
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