Wolf on a string : a novel /

"Christian Stern, an ambitious young scholar and alchemist, arrives in Prague in the bitter winter of 1599, intent on making his fortune at the court of the Holy Roman Emperor, the eccentric Rudolf II. The night of his arrival, drunk and lost, Christian stumbles upon the body of a young woman i...

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Main Author: Black, Benjamin, 1945- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2017.
Edition:First edition.
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