Passarola Rising.
by Abidi, Azhar
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 067004296X
- ISBN 13
- 9780670042968
- Seller
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Annandale, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
Synopsis
The fabulous debut novel by new international talent Azhar Abidi, Passarola Rising is a deftly written picaresque tale filled with evocative detail, adventure, and suspense. Set in eighteenth-century Europe, it tells the story of Bartolomeu and Alexandre Lourenco, who use their airship, the Passarola, to escape the strictures of the Church, the suspicion of the government, and the intellectually stultifying climate of Lisbon. As they venture from the salons and bordellos of ancien regime Paris to the desolate far reaches of the North Pole, the brothers Lourenco encounter some of the most colorful characters of the European Enlightenment, including the loquacious Voltaire and the irascible King Stanislaus of Poland.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookhome Sydney (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25467
- Title
- Passarola Rising.
- Author
- Abidi, Azhar
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 067004296X
- ISBN 13
- 9780670042968
- Publisher
- Viking / Penguin Books
- Place of Publication
- Melbourne
- Date Published
- 2006
- Keywords
- historical fiction, aviation, airships, europe, australian authors
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