Hardcover, 448 pages
Published Sept. 5, 2002 by The Harvill Press.
Hardcover, 448 pages
Published Sept. 5, 2002 by The Harvill Press.
In 1665, with prophecies and portents foretelling the forthcoming Apocalypse, Balthasar, an antiquarian merchant and sage, embarks on a perilous quest to find a rare book that could hold the key to the world's salvation.
Description: 391 pages : map ; 25 cm. Other Titles: PeĢriple de Baldassare. Responsibility: Amin Maalouf ; translated from the French by Barbara Bray.