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Bezig met laden... Dark Matter: The Private Life of Sir Isaac Newton (2002)door Philip Kerr
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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.   ) jwhenderson | Oct 23, 2022 |   ) EstanisGM | Mar 20, 2021 |  ) MOTORRINO | Dec 11, 2020 | bibliotecayamaguchi | Oct 14, 2020 | It all comes about because Newton was the warden of England's mint, and counterfeit specie has been found undermining the economy as England wars with France. Such actions could bring the whole country down. If there's not enough good money out there, how will the troops be paid? Newton is in his fifties and enlists a younger helper, Mr. Ellis, as kind of a protege and bodyguard. And in the course of their investigations, they not only uncover the roots of the counterfeiting conspiracy, but also a more nefarious plot. Though it occurs a couple hundred years before Conan Doyle's stories, some might consider this novel a Sherlock Holmes ripoff. As is clear from the beginning, when Ellis first meets Newton, Newton possesses the same powers of observation as Holmes. He is even fond of reproving Ellis, "You see, but you do not observe!" Ellis serves as Newton's Dr. Watson, albeit with more swashbuckling abilities. And as in the late 17th century London didn't have any police force to speak of, Newton and Ellis are pretty much on their own. But I am a Holmes fan and I enjoyed this book. I think others would too. (  ) kvrfan | Aug 19, 2016 | geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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Fiction.
Mystery.
Thriller.
Historical Fiction.
HTML:I swore not to tell this story while Newton was still alive. 1696, young Christopher Ellis is sent to the Tower of London, but not as a prisoner. Though Ellis is notoriously hotheaded and was caught fighting an illegal duel, he arrives at the Tower as assistant to the renowned scientist Sir Isaac Newton. Newton is Warden of the Royal Mint, which resides within the Tower walls, and he has accepted an appointment from the King of England and Parliament to investigate and prosecute counterfeiters whose false coins threaten to bring down the shaky, war-weakened economy. Ellis may lack Newtonâ??s scholarly mind, but he is quick with a pistol and proves himself to be an invaluable sidekick and devoted apprentice to Newton as they zealously pursue these criminals. While Newton and Ellis investigate a counterfeiting ring, they come upon a mysterious coded message on the body of a man killed in the Lion Tower, as well as alchemical symbols that indicate this was more than just a random murder. Despite Newtonâ??s formidable intellect, he is unable to decipher the cryptic message or any of the others he and Ellis find as the body count increases within the Tower complex. As they are drawn into a wild pursuit of the counterfeiters that takes them from the madhouse of Bedlam to the squalid confines of Newgate prison and back to the Tower itself, Newton and Ellis discover that the counterfeiting is only a small part of a larger, more dangerous plot, one that reaches to the highest echelons of power and nobility and threatens much more than the collapse of the economy. Dark Matter is the lastest masterwork of suspense from Philip Kerr, the internationally bestselling and brilliantly innovative thriller writer who has dazzled readers with his imaginative, fast-paced novels. Like An Instance of the Fingerpost, The Name of the Rose, and Kerrâ??s own Berlin Noir trilogy, Dark Matter is historical mystery at its finest, an extraordinary, suspense-filled journey through the shadowy streets and back alleys of London with the brilliant Newton and his faithful protĂ©gĂ©. The haunted Tower with its bloody history is the perfect backdrop for this richly satisfying tale, one that introduces an engrossing mystery into the volatile mix of politics, science, and religion that characterized life in seventeenth-ce Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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 Google Books — Bezig met laden...GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)823.914Literature English & Old English literatures English fiction Modern Period 1901-1999 1945-1999LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde: (3.46)
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