Dream of Scipio
by Pears Iain
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 067697290X
- ISBN 13
- 9780676972900
- Seller
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Vars, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Synopsis
In The Dream of Scipio, "Pears's finest book yet" (The Boston Globe), the acclaimed author of An Instance of the Fingerpost intertwines three intellectual mysteries, three love stories—and three of the darkest moments in human history. United by a classical text called "The Dream of Scipio," three men struggle to find refuge for their hearts and minds from the madness that surrounds them...in the final days of the Roman Empire, in the grim years of the Black Death, and in the direst hours of World War II.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bytown Bookery (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2060
- Title
- Dream of Scipio
- Author
- Pears Iain
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 067697290X
- ISBN 13
- 9780676972900
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- Toronto, Ont
- Date Published
- 2002
- Keywords
- 067697290X, Jews, Gauls, Provence
- Bookseller catalogs
- France; Art; Historical Fiction;
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