The secret books
Theroux, Marcel, 1968-2019
Book
Seeking adventure, a young man flees the drudgery of shopkeeping in Tsarist Russia to make a new life among the bohemians and revolutionaries of 19th century Paris. Travelling undercover in the mountains of British India, he discovers a manuscript that transforms the world's understanding of the historical Jesus. Decades later, in a Europe threatened by unimaginable tragedy, he makes a despairing attempt to right a historic injustice.
Main title:
The secret books / Marcel Theroux.
Author:
Theroux, Marcel, 1968-, author
Work:
Imprint:
London : Faber & Faber, 2019.
Collation:
367 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2017.
ISBN:
9780571281961 (pbk)
Dewey class:
823.9'2
Language:
English
BRN:
394561