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The Newton Letter

✍ Scribed by Banville, John


Book ID
108618355
Publisher
David R Godine Pub
Year
1982
Tongue
English
Weight
129 KB
Series
Revolutions Trilogy 3
Category
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780330525251

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis


A historian, about to complete a book on Isaac Newton, rents a cottage in Ireland. His intention is to put the finishing touches to his manuscript. However, as the summer wears on, he becomes obsessed by his writing. By the author of "The Book of Evidence", shortlisted for the Booker Prize.


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