The Icon

Neil Olson (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

368 Seiten

2006
Piatkus Books (Verlag)
978-0-7499-3664-8 (ISBN)

Infos

Captain Elias and his guerrillas in the resistance are engaged in battle with the Nazis. Several die trying to protect a religious icon hidden there. What happens that day lies shrouded in mystery until the icon surfaces on the New York art market, generating interest from a variety of interested parties, each wanting it for a different reason...

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A religious icon, thought to have been destroyed during World War II, reappears in contemporary New York in this debut thriller that blends faith, art, history and suspense. In a remote Greek village, Captain Elias and his guerrillas in the resistance are engaged in battle with the Nazis. A church burns to the ground in an act of betrayal, and several die trying to protect a religious icon hidden there. What happens that day lies shrouded in mystery until, sixty years later, the icon surfaces on the New York art market, generating keen - and possibly deadly - interest from a variety of interested parties, each wanting it for a different reason..."The Icon" is an accomplished first novel of adventure and intrigue set in both Nazi-occupied Greece and modern-day New York.

Autor

Neil Olson is the president and senior partner of Donadio & Olson Literary Agency, and lives in New York

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 28.4.2006
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 111 x 178 mm
• Gewicht: 210 g
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Zweisprachige Ausgaben ► Deutsch / Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0-7499-3664-9 / 0749936649
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7499-3664-8 / 9780749936648
• Zustand: Neuware