The Abyssinian Proof
by Jenny B. White
- Used
- Fine
- Paperback
- Condition
- Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0297851845
- ISBN 13
- 9780297851844
- Seller
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Traralgon, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Weidenfeld and Nicolson, UK, 2008. Trade Paperback. Fine. Trade Paperback. 344 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, UK, 2008. *** CONDITION: This book is in fine condition. More specifically: Covers have no creasing or wear. Spine is uncreased. . Pages are clean and unmarked and in excellent condition. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: Constantinople, May 1453. In the dying days of the Byzantine empire, as 7000 armed men prepare to defend the city against the might of the Ottoman Turks, Isaak and his family are entrusted with a purple velvet bundle. Inside is a silver reliquary carved with the figure of a weeping angel and an inscription: Behold the Proof of Chora, Container of the Uncontainable. The daughter asks her father 'What's inside?' He replies 'This contains the proof of God'. In Istanbul in 1887, the local magistrate, Kamil Pasha, is plagued by thefts of antiquities from mosques and churches that, within days, appear for sale in Europe. In addition, there has been a series of murders in which the bodies bear the mark of angels wings. Could this be connected to the rumours of an ancient cult, the mythical text link between Christianity and Islam. His search takes him deep into the cisterns and tunnels of old Istanbul, to a deadly rivalry, possible love and a personal revelation about his father's past. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Action & Adventure; ISBN: 0297851845. ISBN/EAN: 9780297851844. Inventory No: 13060429.. 9780297851844
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Details
- Bookseller
- Manyhills Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13060429
- Title
- The Abyssinian Proof
- Author
- Jenny B. White
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0297851845
- ISBN 13
- 9780297851844
- Publisher
- Weidenfeld and Nicolson
- Place of Publication
- UK
- Date Published
- 2008
- Keywords
- BZDB5 Fiction; The Abyssinian Proof
- Bookseller catalogs
- Action & Adventure; Fiction;
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