by Valerio Massimo Manfredi · Pocket / Thriller · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782266100748
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«La tour de la solitude» is the historical novel by Valerio Massimo Manfredi, published by Pocket / Thriller in paperback (410 pages, in French).
An ancestral curse links the annihilation of a Roman cohort in the African desert with the disappearance of anthropologist Desmond Garrett in the 20th century, after he finds a black Bible in the Vatican. His son Philip searches for him from Pompeii to Antioch, among Arad, Selznick and the Blemmis, guardians of the secret of the tower of solitude.
Originally published in 1996 as «La torre della solitudine»; this French edition dates from 2001.
A read for those who enjoy historical fiction, archaeological mysteries and suspense set in the ancient Mediterranean.
Valerio Massimo Manfredi is an Italian historian, writer, essayist, archaeologist and journalist.
