Sheen on the Silk by Anne Perry (2010, Hardcover)

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PublisherRandom House Publishing Group
ISBN-100345500652
ISBN-139780345500656
eBay Product ID (ePID)74804052

Product Key Features

Book TitleSheen on the Silk
Number of Pages528 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2010
TopicRomance / Historical / General, General, Fantasy / Epic
GenreFiction
AuthorAnne Perry
FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.5 in
Item Weight28 Oz
Item Length9.6 in
Item Width6.5 in

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Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2009-052469
Reviews"With her visionary sensibility, Anne Perry is the master of the 'you are there' school of hist-myst storytelling."- The New York Times Book Review "Remarkable . . . [Anne Perry sets] an engaging personal story against a rich backdrop of events to convey the intrigue and extreme peril that characterized the struggles between the faiths of the countries bordering the Mediterranean in the thirteenth century."- The Star-Ledger "[Perry] gives the reader a real feel for the sights, sounds and smells of Constantinople in the time of the Crusades, as well as tastes of Venice, Rome, Sicily, and Jerusalem."- St. Louis Post-Dispatch "Perry escalates the tension in subtle ways [and] creates a deep sense of impending doom."- Dayton Daily News "[A] grandly scaled epic . . . with a canny eye for drama, [Perry] makes this complex historical background both vivid and clear."- Kirkus Reviews From the Trade Paperback edition., "With her visionary sensibility, Anne Perry is the master of the 'you are there' school of hist-myst storytelling."- The New York Times Book Review "Remarkable . . . [Anne Perry sets] an engaging personal story against a rich backdrop of events to convey the intrigue and extreme peril that characterized the struggles between the faiths of the countries bordering the Mediterranean in the thirteenth century."- The Star-Ledger "[Perry] gives the reader a real feel for the sights, sounds and smells of Constantinople in the time of the Crusades, as well as tastes of Venice, Rome, Sicily, and Jerusalem."- St. Louis Post-Dispatch "Perry escalates the tension in subtle ways [and] creates a deep sense of impending doom."- Dayton Daily News   "[A] grandly scaled epic . . . with a canny eye for drama, [Perry] makes this complex historical background both vivid and clear."- Kirkus Reviews, "With her visionary sensibility, Anne Perry is the master of the 'you are there' school of hist-myst storytelling."-The New York Times Book Review "Remarkable . . . [Anne Perry sets] an engaging personal story against a rich backdrop of events to convey the intrigue and extreme peril that characterized the struggles between the faiths of the countries bordering the Mediterranean in the thirteenth century."-The Star-Ledger "[Perry] gives the reader a real feel for the sights, sounds and smells of Constantinople in the time of the Crusades, as well as tastes of Venice, Rome, Sicily, and Jerusalem."-St. Louis Post-Dispatch "Perry escalates the tension in subtle ways [and] creates a deep sense of impending doom."-Dayton Daily News "[A] grandly scaled epic . . . with a canny eye for drama, [Perry] makes this complex historical background both vivid and clear."-Kirkus Reviews
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal823/.914
SynopsisThe bestselling author of Victorian mysteries makes an ambitious leap into historical fiction, telling the story of Anastasius, a young woman who disguises herself as a eunuch in order to prove her brother innocent of a crime she knows he didn't commit.
LC Classification NumberPR6066.E693S49 2010

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    This is an amazing book of historical fiction. I was mesmerized by it.

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