Adrian Mathews
Auteur van The Apothecary's House
Werken van Adrian Mathews
Tagged
Algemene kennis
- Geboortedatum
- 1957
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- United Kingdom
- Land (voor op de kaart)
- United Kingdom
Leden
Besprekingen
Prijzen
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Statistieken
- Werken
- 5
- Leden
- 311
- Populariteit
- #75,820
- Waardering
- 3.1
- Besprekingen
- 10
- ISBNs
- 23
- Talen
- 4
Lydia is not the only one to want the painting. We time-travel from 17th century Amsterdam, through the Nazi-occupied town, to the modern city as the plot develops. Often complicated, sometimes baffling, the plot was less important to me than the evocations of Amsterdam itself in its various guises. I enjoyed the descriptions of the city and those who lived there and contributed to the story: Ruth and Lydia in particular, but also some of the 'bit parts' - Ruth's colleague Myles, her father, even the cat, Principessa. The plotting at the end of the story seems somewhat sensationalist and rushed, but I was happy to keep reading for the pleasure of continuing to get to know Amsterdam itself. The book was in any case, quite a page-turner.… (meer)