{"product_id":"ex-libris-9780142000809","title":"Ex-Libris","description":"A cryptic summons to a remote country house launches Isaac Inchbold, a London bookseller and antiquarian, on an odyssey through seventeenth-century Europe. Charged with the task of restoring a magnificent library destroyed by the war, Inchbold moves between Prague and the Tower Bridge in London, his fortunes--and his life--hanging on his ability to recover a missing manuscript. Yet the lost volume is not what it seems, and his search is part of a treacherous game of underworld spies and smugglers, ciphers, and forgeries. Inchbold's adventure is compelling from beginning to end as \u003cb\u003eRoss King\u003c\/b\u003e vividly recreates the turmoil of Europe in the seventeenth century--the sacks of great cities; Raleigh's final voyage; the quest for occult knowledge; and a watery escape from three mysterious horsemen.\u003cp\u003eA Book Sense 76 pick\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRoss King\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Judgment of Paris\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBrunelleschi's Dome\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMichelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling\u003c\/i\u003e. He has twice won the Governor General's Award for Non-Fiction (for \u003ci\u003eThe Judgment of Paris\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLeonardo and the Last Supper\u003c\/i\u003e). Born and raised in Canada, King holds degrees from the University of Regina, York University, and University College, London. He now lives near Oxford, England.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50844049834258,"sku":"9780142000809","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_fce8535c-306e-4438-8bb0-b021c5d090a7.jpg?v=1737308598","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/ex-libris-9780142000809","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}