The Geographer’s Library
The Geographer’s Library by Jon Fasman, published by Penguin in 2006, is an illustrated edition comprising 546 pages. This novel intertwines historical intrigue and modern mystery, beginning with a twelfth-century Sicilian cat burglar who steals a sack of artefacts from a king’s geographer’s library. These alchemical objects, believed to hold the secrets of transmutation and eternal life, become scattered across the globe, setting the stage for a contemporary investigation.
In the present day, young reporter Paul Tomm uncovers evidence of someone collecting these valuable items once more while looking into the suspicious death of a local professor. His search leads him to the professor’s fortified office, filled with books on alchemy and clues that suggest a life steeped in mystery. The narrative explores themes of suspense and the intertwining of past and present, inviting readers to delve into a world where the extraordinary value of these artefacts drives dangerous encounters.
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A twelfth-century Sicilian cat burglar snatches a sack of artefacts from the king’s geographer’s library, and the tools and talismans of transmutation – and eternal life – are soon scattered all over the world. The bizarre and dangerous circumstances under which these alchemical objects change hands are testament to their extraordinary value, but it is not until nine hundred years later that a young reporter on a local paper, Paul Tomm, stumbles upon evidence that someone is collecting them again. Investigating the suspicious death of a local professor, Tomm finds the dead man’s heavily fortified office stuffed with books on alchemy and clues that the man’s life was as suspicious as his death …
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