- Publisher: Medina
- Year: 2018
- Format: Hardback
- Pages: 144pp
- Illustrated: No
- Dimensions: 239x163mm
- Condition: New
- Weight: 0.6kg
- ISBN: 9781911487203
- Product code: 537499
The Writing in the Stone
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In a narrative inspired by a stone fragmented into cuneiform shapes, Irving Finkel, curator of ancient writings at the British Museum, tells the chilling, magic-infused story of a long-ago Assyrian King who, feeling his authority challenged, descends into murderous psychopathy.
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In the capital, Nineveh, resides a deep and complex man, the power behind the King of the World. Faced with unforeseen disaster that threatens his authority, he emerges as a psychopathic killer.The author uses his familiarity with ancient writings preserved in the world's museums to recreate a vanished world in which those who step from the shadows in ruthless violence to pursue ultimate control show themselves at the same time to be disconcertingly human.The tight prose and graphic illustrations make this a gripping and unusual tale not of this world, but at the same time weirdly familiar.
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Illus. Angharad Crossley, Irving Finkel
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