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Zusatztext "An utterly captivating romp. . . . Dietrich spins a merry magical mystery tour! winningly intricate. . . . It's the history that grabs you! rewritten as a pulse-pounding cliffhanger action flick. . . . Mr. Spielberg! Mr. Lucas! It's your move." Informationen zum Autor William Dietrich is the author of fourteen novels, including six previous Ethan Gage titles—Napoleon's Pyramids, The Rosetta Key, The Dakota Cipher, The Barbary Pirates, The Emerald Storm, and The Barbed Crown. Dietrich is also a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, historian, and naturalist. A winner of the PNBA Award for Nonfiction, he lives in Washington State. Klappentext The year is 1799. As Bonaparte's army descends upon Israel, intent upon conquest, American adventurer Ethan Gage finds himself embroiled in an ancient mystery in the Holy Land, searching for a legendary Egyptian scroll imbued with awesome powers. The raffish and resourceful Gage must keep the mysterious document from his enemy, Napoleon—or, failing that, wrest it from him, even if it means pursuing his vengeful adversary back to France. And the wisdom of his great mentor, Benjamin Franklin, will offer Gage no solace should Bonaparte succeed in unlocking the terrible secrets of the Book of Thoth, and seizing ultimate power. Zusammenfassung “An utterly captivating romp from the treacherous tunnels beneath Jerusalem to the lost City of Ghosts (Petra! Jordan) to the tumult of revolutionary Paris….Dietrich spins a merry magical mystery tour! winningly intricate and anchored to actual historical figures and events….Mr. Spielberg! Mr. Lucas! It’s your move.” — Seattle Times Dashing and courageous American adventurer Ethan Gage returns in William Dietrich’s The Rosetta Key —the thrilling sequel to the Pulitzer Prize-winning author’s acclaimed Napoleon’s Pyramids . An eighteenth century Indiana Jones! Gage swashbuckles once again! this time in pursuit of a precious Egyptian relic that would give its owner the power to rule the world. The Rosetta Key an adventure in reading that is not to be missed! especially by fans of George MacDonald Fraser’s Flashman novels and aficionados of a grand literary tradition dating back to Jack London! Robert Lewis Stevenson! and H. Rider Haggard! and carried on today by such notables as James Rollins! David Liss! Steve Berry! and Kate Mosse. ...
