- Exiles, Fiction, Historical Fiction, History
In I.J. Parker's newest mystery set in eleventh-century Japan, Akitada disguises himself as a prisoner to solve the, murder of a prince As her audience grows with each evocative historical thriller featuring Sugawara Akitada, I.
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Grave, classical in form, earnest and plot-driven.
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- classical in formformally daring
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About the book
- Author
- I. J. Parker
- First published
- 2007
- Pages
- 492
- Publisher
- Thorndike Press, Penguin Group USA, Inc., Penguin (Non-Classics)
- Editions
- 5
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781440619786
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