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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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- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2005
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- Titel
- The Icon
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Autor*innen
- Neil Olson
- Verlag
- Piatkus Books
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2005
- Einband
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0749936320
- ISBN13
- 9780749936327
- Reihe
- Schlagwörter
- Belletristik, Krimi & Thriller, Historische Romane, Abenteuer, Thriller, Spannung, Griechenland, Wunder, Jungfrau Maria, Partisanen, Das Jahr 1944
- Erstveröffentlichung
- 2005
- Originaltitel
- The Icon
- Bewertung
- 2,9 von 5 Sternen
- Beschreibung
- 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.