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Bayard, Louis.
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Collectors and collecting -- Fiction.
Historians -- Fiction.
Antiquities -- Fiction.
Letters -- Fiction.
Secret societies -- Fiction.
Washington (D.C.) -- Fiction.
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Bayard, Louis.
Collectors and collecting -- Fiction.
Historians -- Fiction.
Antiquities -- Fiction.
Letters -- Fiction.
Secret societies -- Fiction.
Washington (D.C.) -- Fiction.
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The
school
of
night
: a
novel
/ Louis Bayard.
by
Bayard, Louis.
Henry Holt, c2010.
Call #:
FICTION BAY
Subjects
Collectors and collecting -- Fiction.
Historians -- Fiction.
Antiquities -- Fiction.
Letters -- Fiction.
Secret societies -- Fiction.
Washington (D.C.) -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9780805090697
080509069X
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
338 p. ; 25 cm.
Summary:
"An ancient mystery, a lost letter, and a timeless love unleash a long-buried web of intrigue that spans four centuries. In the late sixteenth century, five brilliant scholars gather under the cloak of darkness to discuss God, politics, astronomy, and the black arts. Known as the
School
of
Night
, they meet in secret to avoid the wrath of Queen Elizabeth. But one of the men, Thomas Harriot, has secrets of his own, secrets he shares with one person only: the servant woman he loves. In modern-day Washington, D.C., disgraced Elizabethan scholar Henry Cavendish has been hired by the ruthless antiquities collector Bernard Styles to find a missing letter. The letter dates from the 1600s and was stolen by Henry's close friend, Alonzo Wax. Now Wax is dead and Styles wants the letter back. But the letter is an object of interest to others, too. It may be the clue to a hidden treasure; it may contain the long-sought formula for alchemy; it most certainly will prove the existence of the group of men whom Shakespeare dubbed the
School
of
Night
but about whom little is known. Joining Henry in his search for the letter is Clarissa Dale, a mysterious woman who suffers from visions that only Henry can understand. In short order, Henry finds himself stumbling through a secretive world of ancient perils, caught up in a deadly plot, and ensnared in the tragic legacy of a forgotten genius."--Publisher.
Genre:
Suspense fiction.
Code and cipher stories.
Love stories.
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