Título: The Bookman's Promise
Autor: John Dunning
Sinopse: The quest begins when an old woman, Josephine Gallant, learns that Janeway has recently bought at auction a signed first edition by the legendary nineteenth-century explorer Richard Francis Burton. The book is a true classic, telling of Burton's journey (disguised as a Muslim) to the forbidden holy cities of Mecca and Medina. The Boston auction house was a distinguished and trustworthy firm, but provenance is sometimes murky and Josephine says the book is rightfully hers. She believes that her grandfather, who was living in Baltimore more than eighty years ago, had a fabulous collection of Burton material, including a handwritten journal allegedly detailing Burton's undercover trip deep into the troubled American South in 1860. Josephine remembers the books from her childhood, but everything mysteriously disappeared shortly after her grandfather's death. With little time left in her own life, Josephine begs for Janeway's promise; he must find her grandfather's collection. It's a virtually impossible task, Janeway suspects, as the books will no doubt have been sold and separated over the years, but how can he say no to a dying woman? It seems that her grandfather, Charlie Warren, traveled south with Burton in the spring of 1860, just before the Civil War began. Was Burton a spy for Britain? What happened during the three months in Burton's travels for which there are no records? How did Charlie acquire his unique collection of Burton books? What will the journal, if it exists, reveal? When a friend is murdered, possibly because of a Burton book, Janeway knows he must find the answers. Rich with the insider's information on rare and collectible books that has made John Dunning famous, and with meticulously researched detail about a mesmerizing figure who may have played an unrecognized role in our Civil War, 'The Bookman's Promise' is riveting entertainment from an extraordinarily gifted author who is as unique and special as the books he so clearly loves.
Contexto da obra
Quando a classificação é mais ampla, o contexto do livro costuma depender ainda mais de autoria, tema e edição. “The Bookman’s Promise”, de John Dunning, publicado pela editora Pocket Star Books, em 2005 e com 469 páginas, integra a categoria Livros Variados. Por isso, autoria, edição e tema acabam tendo ainda mais peso na forma de apresentar o livro.
Editora: Pocket Star Books
Páginas: 469
Ano: 2005
Edição:
Linguagem: inglês
ISBN: 0743476298
ISBN13: 9780743476294
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora Pocket Star Books oferecem uma experiência de leitura marcada por narrativas intensas e cheias de ação, que transitam entre cenários urbanos contemporâneos e mundos distantes, como Marte e ambientes marítimos. O catálogo apresenta tanto histórias de suspense e investigação criminal, com foco em detalhes forenses e tramas policiais, quanto romances históricos que exploram conflitos emocionais e sociais em ambientes aristocráticos e provincianos. Há também obras que misturam elementos de ficção científica e thriller político, revelando personagens em situações extremas, entre perseguições, conspirações e batalhas interplanetárias. O tom varia entre o tenso e o dramático, com ritmo que alterna entre o acelerado e o mais introspectivo, dependendo do foco narrativo.
