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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. (Amy) This is an interesting contrast to my last review - the protagonist of this series is a teenager in early-Renaissance Venice, and OK, yes, he's cocky and kind of a jackass, and yet he still manages to treat women more like people than Harry Dresden does, at 30-something in 21st century Chicago. Go figure. Of course, that's probably anachronistic on the part of Dave Duncan, but it's still interesting. ...and that's the closest thing I have to new stuff to say, here. I've said pretty much everything I have to say about these books, I think, here and here. The series is neatly done, and I can't recommend it highly enough. ( http://weblog.siliconcerebrate.com/zenos-library/2009/07/the_alchemists_pursuit_... ) no reviews | add a review
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Hampered by arthritis, Nostradamus is in no mood for granting favors or running about looking for trouble. But when his apprentice Alfeo's mistress asks him to investigate the murder of her beloved courtesan mentor--and promises a fortune in payment-he comes around. It appears that someone is murdering the courtesans of Venice. All were well-known, admired for their skills-and somehow connected by a sinister event involving one of the great families of the city. While Nostradamus attempts to use the dark arts to solve riddles which confound explanation, Alfeo finds himself led by a possibly demonic force through a maze of deceit and death. And when the master and apprentice come to the end of their intertwined paths, there may be hell to pay. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999LC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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Along with their many acquaintances, and working with the structure of Venice, this historical mystery teaches us about renaissance Venice and is a lot of fun as well. One could not ask for better as a guide to the time and era.
All told, this little trilogy was very much worth the effort and one can only hope that Duncan wants to do a second trilogy, especially letting us know what happens to Sier Alfeo. I can only think that somewhere along the man's path he is struct from the Golden Book because of Nostrodamus, and then later on, he is restored as well. ( )