Publicado por Vintage Publishing, United Kingdom, London, 2006
ISBN 10: 022407797X ISBN 13: 9780224077972
Librería: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Reino Unido
Paperback. Condición: Very Good. In 1994, Tim Willocks burst onto the scene with an unforgettable novel called "Green River Rising". Hailed as 'the best thriller since "The Silence of the Lambs"' ("Daily Telegraph"), it was particularly praised for the quality of Tim Willocks' prose and for his extraordinarily dark imagination. Both these qualities are very much in evidence in his new novel, "The Religion". In Malta, in May 1565 - from the shores of the Golden Horn, Suleiman the Magnificent, Emperor of the Ottomans, has sent the greatest armada since antiquity to wipe out Islam's most implacable foe, the Knights of Saint John of Jerusalem, in their stronghold on the island of Malta. To the Turks the knights are known as 'The Hounds of Hell'. The knights call themselves 'The Religion'. Meanwhile, in Sicily, a disgraced and exiled Maltese noblewoman, Carla La Penautier, has been trying to return to the doomed island in an attempt to find the bastard son who was taken from her at his birth. The Religion have refused her every plea and a tormented Roman Inquisitor, Ludovico Ludovici, seeks to imprison her. But Carla recruits a notorious adventurer and arms merchant - Mattias Tannhauser - to help her evade the Inquisition and to escape on the last galley to run the Turkish blockade. As the ensuing apocalyptic conflict between Islam and Christianity becomes the most brutal and harrowing siege in military history, Tannhauser and Carla must survive the bloody inferno and track down a twelve-year-old boy whose face they have never seen and whose name they do not know. And neither of them reckon on the return of the avenging Inquisitor, Ludovico Ludovici."The Religion" is an epic and exuberant tale of love and war, of intrigue and obsession, of politics and faith and high adventure. Against a rich and meticulously detailed historical backcloth, it tells of a small band of intrepid men and women who defy the madness of Holy War to realize their own vision of God and Eternity. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Publicado por Jonathan Cape Ltd, 2006
ISBN 10: 022407797X ISBN 13: 9780224077972
Librería: Goldstone Books, Llandybie, Reino Unido
Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Dustjacket. All orders are dispatched within one working day from our UK warehouse. We've been selling books online since 2004! We have over 750,000 books in stock. No quibble refund if not completely satisfied.
Publicado por Cape, London, 2006
ISBN 10: 022407797X ISBN 13: 9780224077972
Librería: The Blue Penguin, FRODSHAM, Reino Unido
Soft cover. Condición: Near Fine. No Jacket. Proof Copy. Card covers, stout 8vo, pp.627. Proof copy. Slight signs of having been read. Near fine. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Publicado por Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2006
ISBN 10: 022407797X ISBN 13: 9780224077972
Librería: Chris Korczak, Bookseller, IOBA, Easthampton, MA, Estados Unidos de America
hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Signed. First Edition. Signed on title page by author. First edition, first printing (full numberline). Red stained edges. Very mild shelfwear. We try to note every flaw we can find, and we are quite picky, so buy with confidence! 100% guaranteed!.
Publicado por Jonathan Cape, 2006
ISBN 10: 022407797X ISBN 13: 9780224077972
Librería: MAE Books, Dunoon, ARL, Reino Unido
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Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. First UK edition. Black cloth on board with silver lettering to spine. hard cover in excellent condition. In unclipped dust jacket which has very mild creasing along the top and bottom edges otherwise very good. All edges red plus red endpapers. Signed by the author on the title page. Internally the book is in excellent condition throughout. Publishers number sequence 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1 indicates a true first. Signed by Author(s).
Publicado por Jonathan Cape, 2006
ISBN 10: 022407797X ISBN 13: 9780224077972
Librería: Re-Read Ltd, Doncaster, Reino Unido
hardcover. Condición: Fair. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Unclipped. Sloped spine.Wear present.Discolouration present.Fold creasing present.Foxing.Scruff marks and small marks present on the front cover and back cover.Scruff mark present at the sides of pages.Small mark present on a few pages. Tearing present.Stain marks and dent marks present on the front and back cover.
Publicado por Jonathan Cape, London, 2006
ISBN 10: 022407797X ISBN 13: 9780224077972
Librería: AMADEUSBOOKS, DIBDEN PURLIEU, Reino Unido
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Hardcover. Condición: As New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: As New. 1st Edition.
Publicado por Jonathan Cape, London, 2006
ISBN 10: 022407797X ISBN 13: 9780224077972
Librería: Rodney Rogers, Shrewsbury, Reino Unido
Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 3rd impression. Black hardback with silver lettering to spine, in pictorial dust-jacket. 160 x 240 x 36mm. 627pp. Coloured page-edges. Apart from a very insignificant bump to top edge of front cover, book and jacket appear immaculate and as new. NB: An extra shipping charge may be requested for heavier or more valuable items. All our 'Seller Images' show the actual item you will receive.
Publicado por Jonathan Cape / Random House, London, 2006
ISBN 10: 022407797X ISBN 13: 9780224077972
Librería: The Print Room, Cockernhoe nr Luton, Reino Unido
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Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression with full number line, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR " 'As Above, So Below' Tim Willocks". Some very slight creasing to top of spine, page block dyed maroon as issued, not price clipped (£17.99), no other inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, looks unopened, unread. 627pp. 'The Religion' is set in 1565 during the Grand Siege of Malta and centres around the adventures of Mattias Tannhauser, a Saxon, who, after his family is killed becomes a janissary in the army of the Ottoman Empire. After years of service he is repulsed by the ferocious life he lives and he becomes an arms and opium merchant. He is forced to return from retirement to help the Order of the Hospitaliers against the army of Suleiman the Magnificent and to help one young Maltese countess find her long lost son. Signed by Author(s).
Publicado por Jonathan Cape Ltd, London, United Kingdom, 2006
ISBN 10: 022407797X ISBN 13: 9780224077972
Librería: BRITOBOOKS, Isle of man, Reino Unido
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Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. First Edition. 1ST EDITION, 1ST PRINT, SIGNED & LINED BY AUTHOR TO TITLE PAGE. As new, unread, FINE/FINE condition. Published August 2006. Red sprayed page edges. Signed by Author(s).