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The Bible of Clay
by Julia Navarro
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- Very Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 071956249X
- ISBN 13
- 9780719562495
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About This Item
John Murray, UK, 2009. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. 632 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: John Murray, UK, 2009. *** CONDITION: This book is in very good condition. More specifically: Covers have light creasing. Spine is uncreased. . Remainder mark on page edges. Pages are lightly tanned. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: In her provocative second novel, Spanish author Julia Navarro takes readers on an exhilarating journey across centuries and continents, as an upstart archaeologist and a murderous group of conspirators vie for a treasure that will rewrite history an explosive account of the worlds creation recorded millennia ago by a humble scribe onto the legendary Bible of Clay. From the tense months preceding the contemporary war in Iraq, to ancient Mesopotamia, to the atrocities of the last century, here is historical fiction at its richest, a sweeping saga that challenges both conventional geopolitics and the very foundations of modern religion. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Historical; ISBN/EAN: 9780719562495. Inventory No: 21030111.. 9780719562495
Synopsis
From the internationally bestselling author of The Brotherhood of the Holy Shroud comes this electrifying new suspense thriller about a biblical discovery in the remote Iraqi desert--and a deadly struggle being waged on the eve of war to uncover a truth that's waited 3,000 years to be told....In St. Peter's Basilica, a man sits in a confessional asking forgiveness for a murder he's about to commit. And a young priest begins a desperate journey to stop him....It's only the beginning of a ruthless race among the world's most powerful to find a rumored cache of sacred texts inscribed with the story of Creation as told by Abraham. This account, on tablets of clay, predates the Bible by a thousand years and could be one of the most important discoveries of all time.Archaeologist Clara Tannenberg's announcement of an excavation to seek the tablets has set off shock waves of outrage, contempt, and outright disbelief. But among four old friends, bound through decades by shared tragedy, the announcement has renewed their hunger for revenge. For Clara's reclusive, infamous grandfather Alfred is a man as feared as he is hated and his enemies will stop at nothing to destroy him--and use anything as a weapon...even his granddaughter.Among rumors of Iraq's imminent invasion, time is already running out. As Clara and her husband Ahmed put together a ragtag team of renegade archaeologists and inexperienced students to excavate the Bible of Clay from deep within the heart of Iraq, another far more sinister team is determined to get there first. For Alfred Tannenberg has roots that reach deeply into the horrors of Nazi Germany and they've come to fruition in today's highest precincts of power.Sweeping from the time of the biblical patriarchs to the front lines of the Iraqi conflict to the parties and back rooms of Washington D.C., and other centers of influence, The Bible of Clay is a thriller of unrelenting, thought-provoking, and all-too-plausible suspense.From the Hardcover edition.
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- Bookseller
- Manyhills Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21030111
- Title
- The Bible of Clay
- Author
- Julia Navarro
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 071956249X
- ISBN 13
- 9780719562495
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- UK
- Date Published
- 2009
- Keywords
- BZDB5 Fiction; The Bible of Clay
- Bookseller catalogs
- Historical; Fiction;
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