by Lawrence Norfolk · tapa dura · ISBN 9788422653943
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«El diccionario de Lemprière» is the historical mystery novel by Lawrence Norfolk, published by Círculo de Lectores in hardback (672 pages, in Spanish).
John Lemprière, a young scholar from Jersey, arrives in London in 1788 after his father's death. Obsessed by how classical myths seem to repeat in his life, he writes a dictionary of mythology. Soon he becomes involved in a conspiracy linking his family to the Huguenot Cabal and the East India Company.
The work was originally published in 1991 as Lemprière's Dictionary and received the Somerset Maugham Award in 1992.
For readers of historical and mystery fiction with an interest in classical mythology and conspiracies.
Lawrence Norfolk is a British novelist known for historical works with complex plots and intricate detail.
