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S'està carregant… The Lost Book of the Grailde Charlie Lovett
   Books Read in 2022 (2,368) Historical Fiction (24) No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra.  classyhomemaker | Dec 11, 2023 |    ) mmcrawford | Dec 5, 2023 | If you have read much Anthony Trollope, you have probably heard of the fictional English town of Barchester. Lovett takes us there again in the company of Arthur Prescott, named after King Arthur and obsessed with Holy Grail legends since his childhood. Now he works happily with ancient manuscripts in the Barchester Cathedral Library. Suddenly those manuscripts are threatened. Bethany Davis, a young American, comes to Barchester to digitalize these manuscripts. In his mind, Arthur views this project as making them expendable. His suspicions gain validity when Bethany's employer, an American billionaire, makes an offer to buy the manuscripts, and the cathedral hierarchy, desperate for money, takes the offer seriously. Bethany turns out to be a Grail enthusiast, too, and together, along with a couple of friends, they begin a quest not for the Grail itself but for a book about the Grail and an almost mythical early saint. When they find it at last, it turns out to be more than Arthur could have hoped for. And the other treasure? Why, it's Bethany's heart, to Arthur an even greater prize. Lovett first won acclaim for his novel “The Bookman's Tale,” but I found this an even more rewarding tale. And his scholarship is as impressive as his writing. (  ) hardlyhardy | Oct 12, 2022 |  ) judithrs | Sep 21, 2022 |  ) liagiba | Aug 13, 2022 | Sense ressenyes | afegeix-hi una ressenya
"From the New York Times bestselling author of The Bookman's Tale comes a new novel about an obsessive bibliophile's quest through time to discover a missing manuscript, the unknown history of an English Cathedral, and the secret of the Holy Grail. Arthur Prescott is happiest when surrounded by the ancient books and manuscripts of the Barchester Cathedral library. Increasingly, he feels like a fish out of water among the concrete buildings of the University of Barchester, where he works as an English professor. His one respite is his time spent nestled in the library, nurturing his secret obsession with the Holy Grail and researching his perennially unfinished guidebook to the medieval cathedral. But when a beautiful young American named Bethany Davis arrives in Barchester charged with the task of digitizing the library's manuscripts, Arthur's tranquility is broken. Appalled by the threat modern technology poses to the library he loves, he sets out to thwart Bethany, only to find in her a kindred spirit with a similar love for knowledge and books--and a fellow Grail fanatic. Bethany soon joins Arthur in a quest to find the lost Book of Ewolda, the ancient manuscript telling the story of the cathedral's founder. And when the future of the cathedral itself is threatened, Arthur and Bethany's search takes on grave importance, leading the pair to discover secrets about the cathedral, about the Grail, and about themselves"-- No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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5
It's hard to describe what I'm feeling but this is a book written by a guy...for guys. The main character is a guy, that doesn't bug me of course. The problem is that it's just not meant to be engaging to female sensibilities. Again, nothing I'm really able to describe...just a feeling that turns me off. When the main character and his buddies had their book geek out night, I was reminded of my brother and all his weird gaming friends from high school: never showered, greasy hair, nasty complexions from an abundance of nasty food, never brushed their teeth, grossing me out discussing girls that would never give them a second look...all that yucky geeky guy stuff. I couldn't handle it. Had to let it go. This author also wrote a Jane Austen story. I wanted to read it so much...not sure I can now. Ew. (