by Lawrence Norfolk · Goldmann · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783442425969
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«Lempriere's Wörterbuch» is the historical novel by Lawrence Norfolk, published by Goldmann in paperback (766 pages, in German).
The young scholar John Lempriere lives in eighteenth-century England and becomes caught up in a conspiracy mixing crimes, secret societies and historical events. Norfolk interweaves the erudition of the dictionary that gives the work its title with a suspense plot, playing with the boundaries between history and fiction.
The German translation is by Hanswilhelm Haefs; the work received the Somerset Maugham Award in 1992. The original title is Lempriere's Dictionary.
For readers of historical and mystery fiction, with a plot set in eighteenth-century London and secret societies.
Lawrence Norfolk is a British novelist known for historical works with complex plots and intricate detail.
