The Bride of the Sun
Published on 1. January 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
228 pages
978-1-64932-038-4 (ISBN)
Description
Young engineer Raymond Ozoux, accompanied by his uncle, arrives in Peru to meet his fiancée, Marie-Thérèse. Meanwhile, descendents of the Incas are preparing a great feast during which a virgin will be sacrificed to the Sun, walled up alive in a secret temple. At the same time, a mysterious Inca bracelet is sent to Marie-Thérèse purporting to be a gift of the Sun to his future bride... The young girl is then kidnapped by the Incas and Raymond, his uncle and Marie-Thérèse's father set out on a trek across Peru to free her while a revolution shakes the country...
A suspenseful thriller in the vein of H. Rider Haggard by the creator of Rouletabille and the Phantom of the Opera.
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Language
English
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 127 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
279 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-64932-038-4 (9781649320384)
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Gaston Leroux (1868-1927) was a French journalist and novelist best known for his mystery and adventure stories. Before turning to fiction, Leroux worked as a court reporter and investigative journalist, experiences that helped shape the suspenseful style of his novels. His most famous work, The Phantom of the Opera, became an international classic and remains one of the most widely adapted stories in modern literature.