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Bibliography Information:
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Collection:
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Adult Mystery |
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Call Number:
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M |
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Author:
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Black, Benjamin |
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Title:
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Wolf on a string |
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Remainder of title:
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a novel |
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Summary, etc. note:
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"Bestselling author Benjamin Black turns his eye to sixteenth century Prague and a story of murder, magic and the dark art of wielding extraordinary power Christian Stern, an ambitious young scholar and alchemist, arrives in Prague in the bitter winter of 1599, intent on making his fortune at the court of the Holy Roman Emperor, the eccentric Rudolf II. The night of his arrival, drunk and lost, Christian stumbles upon the body of a young woman in Golden Lane, an alley hard by Rudolf's great castle. Dressed in a velvet gown, wearing a large gold medallion around her neck, the woman is clearly well-born--or was, for her throat has been slashed. A lesser man would smell danger, but Christian is determined to follow his fortunes wherever they may lead. He quickly finds himself entangled in the machinations of several ruthless courtiers, and before long he comes to the attention of the Emperor himself. Rudolf, deciding that Christian is that rare thing--a person he can trust--sets him the task of solving the mystery of the woman's murder. But Christian soon realizes that he has blundered into the midst of a power struggle that threatens to subvert the throne itself. And as he gets ever nearer to the truth of what happened that night in Golden Lane, he finally sees that his own life is in grave danger. From the spectacularly inventive Benjamin Black, here is a historical crime novel that delivers both a mesmerizing portrait of a lost world and a riveting tale of intrigue and suspense. "-- |
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International Standard Book Number:
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9781627795173 (hardcover) |
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Canceled/invalid ISBN:
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9781627795180 (electronic book) |
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Description conventions:
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rda |
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Authentication code:
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pcc |
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Geographic area code:
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e-xr--- |
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Classification number:
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PR6052.A57 |
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Item number:
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W65 2017 |
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Edition number:
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23 |
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Classification number:
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823/.914 |
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Source of number:
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bisacsh |
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Classification number:
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FIC022060 |
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Classification number:
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FIC014000 |
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Classification number:
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FIC030000 |
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Dates associated with a name:
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1945- |
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Relator term:
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author. |
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Statement of responsibility, etc.:
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Benjamin Black. |
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Edition statement:
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First edition. |
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Place of publication:
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New York, NY |
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Name of publisher:
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Macmillan Publishing/ Harry Holt |
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Date of publication:
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2017 |
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Projected publication date:
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1706 |
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New York : |
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Henry Holt and Co., |
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2017. |
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Extent:
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306 pages |
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rdacontent |
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text |
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txt |
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rdamedia |
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unmediated |
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n |
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rdacarrier |
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volume |
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nc |
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Provided by publisher. |
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Source of acquisition:
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B & T |
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Purchase price:
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28.00 |
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Source of heading or term:
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bisacsh |
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Source of heading or term:
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bisacsh |
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Source of heading or term:
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bisacsh |
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Subject:
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Murder |
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Subject:
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Mystery & Detective |
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Subject:
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Historical |
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Subject:
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Suspense |
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Form subdivision:
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Fiction. |
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General subdivision:
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Investigation |
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Geographic name:
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Prague (Czech Republic) |
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Form subdivision:
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Fiction. |
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General subdivision:
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History |
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Chronological subdivision:
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16th century |
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Source of term:
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gsafd |
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Source of term:
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gsafd |
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Genre/form data or focus term:
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Historical fiction. |
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Genre/form data or focus term:
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Mystery fiction. |
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Acquire |
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1 shelf copy |
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policy default |
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xk15 2016-08-15 (telework) |
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xk15 2016-08-15 ONIX (telework) to CIP |
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Olivia Croom; phone: 646-3075234; email: olivia.croom@hholt.com; bc: olivia.croom@hholt.com |