Traces Remain
Download or Read eBook Traces Remain PDF written by Charles Nicholl and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2011-12-01 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Charles Nicholl |
| Publisher | : Penguin UK |
| Total Pages | : 308 |
| Release | : 2011-12-01 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780141922294 |
| ISBN-13 | : 014192229X |
| Rating | : 4/5 (94 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Traces Remain by : Charles Nicholl
Book excerpt: In these wonderfully stylish and eclectic essays, Charles Nicholl pursues the fugitive traces of the past with the skill and relish that have earned him a reputation as one of the finest literary and historical detectives of our time.His subjects range from a murder-case in Renaissance Rome to the disappearance of Jim Thompson in 1960s Malaya, from the boyhood of Christopher Marlowe to the crimes of Jack the Ripper, from the remnants of a lost Shakespeare play to the last days of the poet-boxer Arthur Cravan in a Mexican fishing port.Full of insights, curiosities and unexpected discoveries, these thirty pieces written over two decades show the author of The Lodger and Leonardo da Vinci at his inquisitive best.
