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The coral thief

From the author of the national bestseller Ghostwalk comes another ambitious, suspenseful, elegant novel of ideas, set in France in 1815.

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  • "From the author of the national bestseller Ghostwalk comes another ambitious, suspenseful, elegant novel of ideas, set in France in 1815."@en
  • "From the author of the national bestseller Ghostwalk comes another ambitious, suspenseful, elegant novel of ideas, set in France in 1815."
  • "Upon his arrival in Paris, where he has come to study anatomy, Daniel Connor, a young medical student from Edinburgh, finds that his letters of introduction and precious coral specimens have been stolen by the beautiful woman with whom he shared a stagecoach. But when he begins searching for his lost items---and the alluring woman who stole them---Daniel is thrust into a tumultuous, underground world of philosopher thieves obsessed with the emerging theories of evolution. As he is pulled into their plot to steal a precious jewel from the Jardin des Plantes, and as he falls in love with the mysterious coral thief, Daniel is introduced to a radical theory of evolution that irrevocably changes his conception of the world in which he lives."@en
  • "In 1815 France, a young medical student discovers that the beauty who shared his coach has stolen the rare coral specimens he carried and soon he encounters a ring of philosopher thieves determined to sabotage pre-Darwinian theories of evolution."@en
  • "In her virtuosic debut, Ghostwalk, Rebecca Stott unfolded an extraordinary and true mystery involving Isaac Newton and set in seventeenth-century Cambridge. The Coral Thief is another intriguing mystery and love story, centering on pre-Darwinian theories of evolution and set in Paris right after Napoleon's surrender at Waterloo.Upon his arrival in Paris, where he has come to study anatomy, Daniel Connor, a young medical student from Edinburgh, finds that his letters of introduction and precious coral specimens have been stolen by the beautiful woman with whom he shared a stagecoach. But when he begins searching for his lost items-and the alluring woman who stole them-Daniel is thrust into a tumultuous, underground world of philosopher thieves obsessed with the emerging theories of evolution. As he is pulled into their plot to steal a precious jewel from the Jardin des Plantes, and as he falls in love with the mysterious coral thief, Daniel is introduced to a radical theory of evolution that irrevocably changes his conception of the world in which he lives.As riveting and beautifully rendered as Ghostwalk, The Coral Thief is a provocative and tantalizing mix of history, love, and philosophy."@en
  • "When a young medical student Daniel Conner travels to Paris, he is thrust into a shadowy underworld as he attempts to retrieve stolen coral specimens from a beautiful thief."@en
  • "In 1815 France, a young medical student discovers that the beauty who shared his coach has stolen the rare coral specimens he carried, and soon he encounters a ring of philosopher-thieves determined to sabotage pre-Darwinian theories of evolution."
  • "In her virtuosic debut, "Ghostwalk", Rebecca Stott unfolded an extraordinary and true mystery involving Isaac Newton and set in seventeenth-century Cambridge. "The Coral Thief" is another intriguing mystery and love story, centering on pre-Darwinian theories of evolution and set in Paris right after Napoleon's surrender at Waterloo ..."@en

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  • "Playaway"@en
  • "Mystery fiction"
  • "Audiobooks"
  • "Audiobooks"@en
  • "Historical fiction"@en
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  • "Fiction"@en
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  • "The coral thief"@en
  • "The coral thief a novel"
  • "The coral thief a novel"@en
  • "The coral thief [a novel]"

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