The Devil in Velvet
| 作者 | John Dickson Carr |
|---|---|
| 出版社 | Ingram International Inc |
| 商品描述 | The Devil in Velvet：Tosolveacenturies-oldcrime,amanmakesadealwiththedevil:"Thefantasy,themurderandthehistoricalactionare...allwonderful"(SanFranciscoChronicle) |
內容簡介
內容簡介 To solve a centuries-old crime, a man makes a deal with the devil: "The fantasy, the murder and the historical action are . . . all wonderful" (San Francisco Chronicle). An aging scholar of Restoration history, Nicholas Fenton has long dreamed of traveling into the past. He has a date in mind--May 10, 1675--as well as a purpose: to solve the murder case of the woman he loves, his rakehell ancestor's lovely wife. Obsessed with delivering her from danger, he turns to an unlikely accomplice: the devil. After striking a bargain with the prince of darkness, Fenton awakens in the seventeenth century in the much-younger body of dashing Sir Nick Fenton. In an era when gentlemen died by the blade, Fenton is handy with a rapier, and his knowledge of local history gives him a leg up on the swashbucklers who would have his hide. But while his sword may help him rescue his beloved, it will take more than that to save his soul. Even in 1675, the devil is in the details.
作者介紹
作者介紹 John Dickson Carr (1906-1977) was one of the most popular authors of Golden Age British-style detective novels. Born in Pennsylvania and the son of a US congressman, Carr graduated from Haverford College in 1929. Soon thereafter, he moved to England where he married an Englishwoman and began his mystery-writing career. In 1948, he returned to the US as an internationally known author. Carr received the Mystery Writers of America's highest honor, the Grand Master Award, and was one of the few Americans ever admitted into the prestigious, but almost exclusively British, Detection Club.
商品規格
| 書名 / | The Devil in Velvet |
|---|---|
| 作者 / | John Dickson Carr |
| 簡介 / | The Devil in Velvet：Tosolveacenturies-oldcrime,amanmakesadealwiththedevil:"Thefantasy,themurderandthehistoricalactionare...allwonderful"(SanFranciscoChronicle) |
| 出版社 / | Ingram International Inc |
| ISBN13 / | 9781497670808 |
| ISBN10 / | |
| EAN / | 9781497670808 |
| 誠品26碼 / | |
| 重量(g) / | 480.8 |
| 裝訂 / | P:平裝 |
| 頁數 / | 426 |
| 尺寸 / | 20.3X13.3X2.4CM |
| 語言 / | 3:英文 |
| 級別 / | N:無 |
最佳賣點
最佳賣點 : Professor Nicholas Fenton enters a pact with Satan and goes back in time to bawdy, turbulent Restoration London to prevent a murder that is about to take place. But he falls in love with the intended victim and resolves to alter the course of history. "Breathless pace and ingenious plotting".--New York Times.