Conspirators
Michael Andr Bernstein(Author)
Faber & Faber (Publisher)
Published on 20. January 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
512 pages
978-0-571-22133-2 (ISBN)
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Description
Austria-Hungary, 1913. In the castle of a frontier town, the worldly, corrupt Count-Governor Wiladowski watches while a wave of assassinations sweeps the Empire. When one of his family is murdered the Count gives broad police powers to his spymaster, Jacob Tausk. In the wake of new terrorist attacks, a mysterious preacher appears - trailing a band of fanatical disciples. Soon Tausk finds himself serving two masters: the Count and the richest man in the province, Moritz Rotenburg, whose only son is burning for revolution. Compelling and brilliantly imagined, Conspirators evokes the venerable Habsburg empire on the edge of collapse and conjures the political and apocalyptic passions of the age.
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'A deeply original novel, grand and far-seeing in its conception... The qualities of the writing suggested to this reader the work of Musil and Mann and, in the closeness of its observations, Proust.' Paula FoxMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 242 mm
Width: 151 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-571-22133-2 (9780571221332)
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Michael Andre Bernstein was raised and educated in Europe, Canada, and the United States. He is a frequent contributor to the Times Literary Supplement, LA Times Book Review and The New Republic.