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A religious icon, thought to have been destroyed during World War II, reappears in contemporary New York in this debut thriller that blends faith, art, history and suspense. In a remote Greek village, Captain Elias and his guerrillas in the resistance are engaged in battle with the Nazis. A church burns to the ground in an act of betrayal, and several die trying to protect a religious icon hidden there. What happens that day lies shrouded in mystery until, sixty years later, the icon surfaces on the New York art market, generating keen - and possibly deadly - interest from a variety of interested parties, each wanting it for a different reason. The Icon is an accomplished first novel of adventure and intrigue set in both Nazi-occupied Greece and modern-day New York.
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The Icon, Neil Olson
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- Année de publication
- 2005
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- Titre
- The Icon
- Langue
- Anglais
- Auteurs
- Neil Olson
- Éditeur
- Piatkus Books
- Publié
- 2005
- Format
- souple
- ISBN10
- 0749936320
- ISBN13
- 9780749936327
- Séries
- Mots clés
- Fiction, Polars & Thrillers, Romans historiques, Aventure, Thriller, Suspense, Grèce, Miracles, Vierge Marie, Partisans, Année 1944
- Première publication
- 2005
- Titre original
- The Icon
- Évaluation
- 2,9 sur 5
- Description
- A religious icon, thought to have been destroyed during World War II, reappears in contemporary New York in this debut thriller that blends faith, art, history and suspense. In a remote Greek village, Captain Elias and his guerrillas in the resistance are engaged in battle with the Nazis. A church burns to the ground in an act of betrayal, and several die trying to protect a religious icon hidden there. What happens that day lies shrouded in mystery until, sixty years later, the icon surfaces on the New York art market, generating keen - and possibly deadly - interest from a variety of interested parties, each wanting it for a different reason. The Icon is an accomplished first novel of adventure and intrigue set in both Nazi-occupied Greece and modern-day New York.