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The second sleep / Robert Harris.
1468. A young priest, Christopher Fairfax, arrives in a remote Exmoor village to conduct the funeral of his predecessor. The land around is strewn with ancient artifacts - coins, fragments of glass, human bones - which the old parson used to collect. Did his obsession with the past lead to his death? Fairfax becomes determined to discover the truth. Over the course of the next six days, everything he believes - about himself, his faith, and the history of his world - will be tested to destruction.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780735275133 (trade paperback)
- Physical Description: 327 pages ; 24 cm
- Publisher: Toronto : Random House Canada, 2019.
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| Subject: | Antiquities > Fiction. Priests > Fiction. Villages > England > Exmoor > Fiction. Secrecy > Fiction. Faith > Fiction. Clergy > England > Fiction. Death > Fiction. Exmoor (England) > History > To 1500 > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Thrillers (Fiction) Historical fiction. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Stroud Branch | FIC Harri | 31681010174928 | FICTION | Available | - |
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From the international bestselling author of Fatherland and Munich, a gripping mystery and a fascinating cautionary tale.
"All civilizations consider themselves invulnerable; history warns us that none is."
1468. A young priest, Christopher Fairfax, arrives in a remote English village to conduct the funeral of his predecessor. The land around is strewn with ancient artefactsâcoins, fragments of glass, human bonesâwhich the old parson used to collect. Did his obsession with the past lead to his death?
As Fairfax is drawn more deeply into the isolated community, everything he believesâabout himself, his faith and the history of his worldâis tested to destruction.
