Passarola Rising
by Abidi, Azhar
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0670034657
- ISBN 13
- 9780670034659
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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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- Bookseller
- Burke's Book Store (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 133227
- Title
- Passarola Rising
- Author
- Abidi, Azhar
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 0670034657
- ISBN 13
- 9780670034659
- Publisher
- Viking Adult
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 2006
- Keywords
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