Wolf on a string
John Banville
Historical Fiction / Mystery
Wolf on a string
by John Banville
—· 309 p· 2017
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Overview
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"Bestselling author Benjamin Black turns his eye to sixteenth century Prague and a story of murder, magic and the dark art of wielding extraordinary power Christian Stern, an ambitious young scholar and alchemist, arrives in Prague in the bitter winter of 1599, intent on making his fortune at the court of the Holy Roman Emperor, the eccentric Rudolf II. The night of his arrival, drunk and lost, Christian stumbles upon the body of a young woman in Golden Lane, an alley hard by Rudolf's great cast…
Part of a series
Quirke
Vol. VII · 1 of 8 volumes
VOL 1
1
I
Christine Falls
VOL 2
2
II
The Silver Swan
VOL 3
3
III
The Lemur
VOL 4
4
IV
Mortal Causes
VOL 5
5
V
A Death in Summer
VOL 6
6
VI
Vengeance
VOL 8
8
VIII
Holy Orders
7 more volumes
Pages
309
Henry Holt and Company
Linguistic complexity
4/5
Complex
Thematic complexity
3/5
Layered
Rating
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Reader feel
Historical Atmosphere10
Worldbuilding9
Court Intrigue9
Prose8
Narration8
Plot twists7
Pacing7
Emotional depth6
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