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9788490627778

La aventura de los príncipes de Jade / The Adventure of the Princes of Jade

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  • ISBN13:

    9788490627778

  • ISBN10:

    8490627770

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2017-07-25
  • Publisher: Debolsillo
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Por el autor de la serie «Los buscadores», un thriller de aventuras con misterios históricos, un ambientación única y una trama perspicaz que atrapa desde la primera página.Henry Talbot era famoso por haber acumulado una interesante colección de antigüedades que contaba con unas estatuas mayas de incalculable valor y envueltas en leyenda: los Príncipes de Jade. Tras su muerte, las tres piezas que había reunido han de repartirse entre su abogado -el señor Clarke- y los dos miembros de la Sociedad Arqueológica, mientras que el resto de su colección pasará a manos de su sobrina, Elizabeth. Sin embargo, poco después de hacer públicas las últimas voluntades del arqueólogo, Clarke es asesinado y su Príncipe de Jade, robado.Elizabeth y Robert Hollister, chófer del diplomático español presente durante la lectura del testamento, iniciarán una investigación: ¿quién es el culpable del asesinato? ¿Qué misterio se esconde detrás de los Príncipes de Jade? ¿Qué hay de cierto en la maldición que parecen encerrar?ENGLISH DESCRIPTION> By the author of the Los Buscadores / The Searchers Series comes this adventurous thriller with historical mysteries, a unique setting, and a shrewd plot that captures its audience from the first page.Henry Talbot was famous for having accumulated an interesting collection which included priceless and legendary Mayan statues: The Princes of Jade. After his death, the three pieces he had collected were to be divided between his lawyer, Mr. Clarke, and the two members of the Archaeological Society, while the rest of his collection would be inherited by his niece, Elizabeth. However, shortly after reading the archaeologist's last will, Clarke is assassinated and his Prince of Jade stolen. Elizabeth and Robert Hollister, the Spaniard diplomat’s driver who was also present during the reading, will begin an investigation. Who could be the killer? What mysteries lie behind the Princes of Jade? How true could the curse that they seem to hold be?

Author Biography

Luis Montero Manglano nació en Madrid en 1981. Es director de formación y profesor de arte e historia medieval en el Centro de Estudios del Románico de Madrid. Ha publicado las novelas El Lamento de Caín (premio EATER a la mejor novela de terror, 2012), los tres volúmenes de la trilogía «Los Buscadores»: La Mesa del rey Salomón (2015), La Cadena del Profeta (2015) y La Ciudad de los Hombres Santos (2016), y La aventura de los príncipes de jade (2017) con las que muestra sus amplios conocimientos de historia y su pasión por la literatura.

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