by Alexandra Lapierre · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782266150002
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«Le voleur d'éternité» is the historical novel by Alexandra Lapierre, published by Pocket in paperback (742 pages, in French).
The work reconstructs the life of William Petty, a scholar and aesthete who in the 17th century traveled the Mediterranean rescuing vestiges of classical Greece and came to seize masterpieces. Lapierre follows in his footsteps from the castles of the Thames to Turkish prisons and the basilicas of Rome and Constantinople.
The full subtitle is «La vie aventureuse de William Petty, érudit, esthète et brigand»; this Pocket edition was published in 2005.
For readers of historical fiction and biographies of adventurers, as well as for those interested in classical Greece and the collecting of antiquities.
Alexandra Lapierre is a French author of novels, biographies, and short stories.
