The Geographers Library

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 ...

Title - The Geographers Library

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Author - Jon Fasman

ISBN 13 - 9780241143025

Imprint - Hamish Hamilton Ltd

Publisher - Penguin Books Ltd

Date Published - 05/05/2005

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Binding Type - Hardback

Dimensions - 162 x 216 x 36mm

Weight - 662 g

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