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Laddar... Landscape of Lies (1989)av Peter Watson
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Gå med i LibraryThing för att få reda på om du skulle tycka om den här boken. Det finns inga diskussioner på LibraryThing om den här boken. Landscape of Lies; an Art-World Mystery. Peter Watson. 1989. This is a nice little mystery-romance that combines medieval symbolism with art theft and restoration. Isobel wakes one night to discover a mystery man trying to steal a painting that has been in her family for years. She ends up taking the painting to Michael Whiting whose gallery specializes in British paintings. Michael determines that the painting may actually be a map drawn by monks showing where they hid their monastery relics, and gold and silver mass implements when Henry VIII had the Roman Catholic monasteries stripped of everything of value. They use reference tools in the major libraries and art galleries in London and Paris to decipher the map and tramp through ruins and marshes and old churches trying to stay ahead of the mystery man who is also searching for the “lost treasure” of the monastery. Fairly interesting because of the research ( ) This is basically a story about a painting that is really a map to a treasure trove of medieval artifacts of great value. It was fun to read except for the plethora of esoteric facts which sometimes buried the plot,and the very annoying expression that was used on almost every page which included the word bloody inserted into a variety of exclamations. Fanbloodytastic, Isobloodybel and others became tedious quickly. The cigar smoking subplot was also not a welcome addition. I still learned quite a bit and refreshed my memory about a lot more so over all it was a positive experience. I liked this book. It was a stark contrast to the last book I tried reading (Name of the Rose), although there were some similarities. Landscape is set in modern times but is (ala Da Vinci Code) a tale of hunting for ancient secrets. The secrets this time are all clues hidden in the painting Landscape of Lies. The painting owner teams up with a gallery owner and the two of them are in a race against someone else who is hunting for the answers, and is unscrupulous about how he goes about it. Unlike "rose", this one is very character driven and although there is a *lot* of information about paintings, styles, and 16th century religion and religious beliefs the story still moves along quickly and I felt like I learned something but it wasn't hammered into me to the point I didn't care. I'll be looking to see what else Watson has written. A painting which has been in the family for centuries turns out to be a medieval treasure map. Racing against rivals, the main characters must unravel the secrets and medieval symbolism in the painting in order to find the treasure before a stereotypical bad guy. A good Sunday afternoon read – with catchy twists and turns. However, Michael Whiting, the art dealer-cum-detective, has a persistent and irritating habit of inserting 'bloody' between syllables of adjectives, as in 'inbloodycredible,' 'fanbloodytastic,' and the like...and the author has the inbloodycredible cheek to have Isobel, the plucky girl heroine, begin doing the same thing! I could have screamed! inga recensioner | lägg till en recension
Är avkortad iReader's Digest Condensed Books: Toy Soldiers • A Time to Die • The Bears and I • Landscape of Lies av Reader's Digest Reader's Digest Auswahlbücher 190: Der Schwarze Tod / Auf der Fährte der Silberlöwen / Lügenlandschaft / Frei wie ein Drachen av Das Beste Reader's Digest Condensed Books: Cold Harbour • Something to Hide • Journey • Landscape of Lies av Reader's Digest
A mysterious painting holds the clues to a cache of priceless relics in this treasure hunt of "deepening suspense" à la The Da Vinci Code (Library Journal). In financial trouble, Isobel Sadler considers selling a painting that's been in her family for generations. She can't imagine it's worth much . . . until someone tries to steal it. Mystified, Isobel turns to art dealer Michael Whiting for advice. He identifies the painting as a sixteenth-century treasure map pointing the way to a series of lost religious artifacts hidden by monks when Henry VIII dissolved the monasteries. If he and Isobel can decipher the clues in the painting, Michael reasons, her money troubles will disappear. But if they can't decode the painting quickly, Michael and Isobel could be history themselves. As they struggle to translate the arcane instructions--laced with references to everything from the Bible to Botticelli--they are stalked by a rival who will stop at nothing to get his hands on the treasure. Peter Watson's stylish art-world thriller seamlessly mixes action with "sustained literariness, refinement, and polish" (Library Journal). Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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