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Bezig met laden... The Mystic Sepulchredoor John Palmer
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. It begins: "The night was dark—the foaming water-fall rushed down the rugged mountain’s side, in awful grandeur—loud roared the thunder—vivid flashed the lightning—fast fell the sheeted rain—and the angry wind howled round his head—as slowly journeyed the weary Carlos on his cheerless way." Quite entertaining as I recall, though I don't remember too much... ( ) geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
"Vengeance flashed from his inflamed eye-balls: he drew a poniard from his bosom, and stabbed me to the heart; then, with a horrid shout of exultation, that made the vaulted roof resound, he hurled me headlong down the yawning chasm!" Set in 15th-century Spain during the reign of Ferdinand and Isabella, the novel opens on a stormy night, when a traveller, Carlos, finds an abandoned infant on the side of the road. Seeking refuge for himself and the child, he takes shelter at the nearby Castle of Henares, where Rodorigo, the villainous son of the noble Count Henares, is preparing his evil schemes. Carlos's arrival sets in motion a sequence of events involving intrigue, mistaken identity, murder, and the horrors of the Inquisition! Filled with the usual trappings of classic Gothic fiction - a ruined and haunted priory, a hero confined to a dank dungeon, a pack of banditti in a subterranean cavern, and numerous bloody murders - The Mystic Sepulchre, or, Such Things Have Been (1806) is extremely rare, with only two known surviving copies. This new edition features an introduction by Dr. Joel T. Terranova. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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