Charlie Lovett

Amor y obsesión se unen en una historia sobre el enigma de Shakespeare.Tras la muerte de su esposa Amanda, Peter Byerly, coleccionista y vendedor de libros antiguos, deja Estados Unidos y se retira del mundo. Nueve meses mas tarde, Peter, instalado ya en una casita de la campiña inglesa, se atreve por fin a entrar de nuevo en una libreria de viejo. Mientras hojea un manual del siglo XVIII sobre falsificaciones de escritores clasicos, encuentra entre las paginas del libro una acuarela victoriana que representa a una mujer identica a Amanda.Peter, obsesionado por averiguar quienes fueron el autor y la mujer del retrato, se embarca en una investigacion que le permitira resolver uno de los debates mas controvertidos de la historia de la literatura:la verdadera identidad de las obras atribuidas a William Shakespeare.El coleccionista de libros es una original novela de misterio que nos lleva desde la actualidad hasta el mundo de Shakespeare, pasando por la Inglaterra del siglo XIX. Asimismo es un canto de amor a los libros destinado a hacer las delicias de todos los amantes de la lectura.Reseña:Una fascinante novela de intriga literaria que te mantiene en vilo hasta su apasionante final.Library Journal

A novel about old books, young love and Jane Austen.

Book lover and Jane Austen enthusiast Sophie Collingwood has barely started her new job at an antiquarian bookshop in London when two different customers request a copy of the same obscure publication: the second edition of Little Book of Allegories by Richard Mansfield. Their enquiry draws Sophie into a web of mystery surrounding the true authorship of Pride and Prejudice, with ultimately dangerous consequences. In a narrative that alternates between Sophie's quest, which also sees her dealing with several love interests on the way, and the young Jane Austen's touching friendship with the ageing cleric Richard Mansfield, Lovett - who first delighted readers with his bestselling debut The Bookman's Tale - weaves a romantic, suspenseful and compelling novel about love in all its forms and the joys of a life lived in books.

Academic and bibliophile Arthur Prescott finds respite from the drudgery of his professorship in the Barchester Cathedral Library, where he devotes himself to researching the Holy Grail and writing his long-delayed guide to the history of the medieval cathedral. His peaceful existence is shattered by the arrival of a young American academic named Bethany Davis, who has come to digitize the library's ancient books. Arthur's initial hostility towards Bethany turns to affection as he discovers a kindred spirit who shares his interest in the Holy Grail and his devotion to literature. Together, they mount a search for the Book of Ewolda, an esoteric tome that could reveal long-forgotten secrets about the Cathedral, the Grail and their connections to King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table.As Arthur and Bethany delve further into the past, the secret history of England - from the Norman invasion to the Civil War, the Industrial Revolution and the Blitz - is revealed. A thrilling adventure that will appeal to all bibliophiles and lovers of history, Charlie Lovett's The Lost Book of the Grail is also an enchanting ode to the joys of reading.