· Wolf on a String. by. Benjamin Black, John Banville. · Rating details · 1, ratings · reviews. 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 , intent on making his fortune at the /5. From the spectacularly inventive Benjamin Black, Wolf on a String is a historical crime novel that delivers both a mesmerizing portrait of a lost world and a riveting tale of intrigue and suspense. Membership Advantages. From the spectacularly inventive Benjamin Black, Wolf on a String is a historical crime novel that delivers both a mesmerizing portrait of a lost world and a riveting tale of intrigue and suspense.4/5(67).
From the spectacularly inventive Benjamin Black, Wolf on a String is a historical crime novel that delivers both a mesmerizing portrait of a lost world and a riveting tale of intrigue and suspense. PUBLISHERS WEEKLY . Black (The Black-Eyed Blonde) displays his mastery of yet another mystery subgenre in this brooding, atmospheric. 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 , intent on making his fortune at the court of the Holy Roman Emperor, the eccentric. Wolf on a String. Bestselling author Benjamin Black turns his eye to 16th-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 , intent on making his fortune at the court of the Holy Roman Emperor.
Wolf on a String by Benjamin Black. Benjamin Black’s “historical fantasy (shows that) real life at the court of Rudolf II was entirely phantasmagorical.”. Wolf on a String is a brooding historical noir that imagines the sordid underbelly of Rudolf’s court at the end of the 17th Century. It comprises sacred and profane love, murder, palace intrigue, and spycraft while the rise of Protestantism conflicts with Catholicism. From the spectacularly inventive Benjamin Black, Wolf on a String is a historical crime novel that delivers both a mesmerizing portrait of a lost world and a riveting tale of intrigue and suspense. Membership Advantages. Wolf on a String by Benjamin Black J I was going to start this review by admitting that I had no idea how I came to be aware of this book, but I'm pretty sure I can blame this article in the The NY Times.
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