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Isle of the dead / Alex Connor

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Quercus, 2013Description: 514 pagesContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780857389640
Other title:
  • Isle of the dead : a sixteenth-century conspiracy, a modern-day murderer [Cover title]
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • Fic
Summary: In 15th century Venice it is a dangerous time to be alive. A permanent winter has rolled in over the canals and bodies keep washing up on the banks of the city. These bodies are especially hard to identify, since they have been skinned. In the present day, a famous portrait by Titian has been discovered. Its subject: the 15th century suspected murderer Angelico Vespucci. The skins of Vespucci's victims were never found, so his guilt was never proven. Although it is rumored that when the portrait arises, so will the man. And when flayed bodies start turning up all over the world, it looks like this is more than just a superstition. A murderer has been called back to life, and he is hungry for revenge.
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Fic C745c 2012 Crossed Fic C752d 2000 Dark hollow Fic C752d 2011 The drop : a novel Fic C752i 2013 Isle of the dead Fic C774w 1989 What Katy did Fic C821a 2006 At risk Fic C886l 2011 London calling

In 15th century Venice it is a dangerous time to be alive. A permanent winter has rolled in over the canals and bodies keep washing up on the banks of the city. These bodies are especially hard to identify, since they have been skinned. In the present day, a famous portrait by Titian has been discovered. Its subject: the 15th century suspected murderer Angelico Vespucci. The skins of Vespucci's victims were never found, so his guilt was never proven. Although it is rumored that when the portrait arises, so will the man. And when flayed bodies start turning up all over the world, it looks like this is more than just a superstition. A murderer has been called back to life, and he is hungry for revenge.

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