by Ross King · Seix Barral · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788432216862
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«Ex Libris» is the historical mystery novel by Ross King, published by Seix Barral in paperback (576 pages, in Spanish).
London, 1660. Lady Marchamont commissions bookseller Isaac Inchbold to recover The Labyrinth of the World, a hermetic treatise that disappeared during the civil war. He has only one clue: a bookplate of Sir Ambrose de Pennington. Soon he discovers others are seeking it and becomes embroiled in a web of spies, smugglers, and forgeries.
Translated from English by R. M. Bassols; the original «Ex-Libris» dates from 1998. Seix Barral edition of 2005, Campana de Verano 05 collection.
Will appeal to readers of historical fiction and mystery, especially those who enjoy stories about books, libraries, and bibliographic enigmas.
Ross King is a Canadian novelist and non-fiction writer. He began his career by writing two works of historical fiction in the 1990s, later turning to non-fiction, and has since written several critically acclaimed and best-selling historical works.
