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Book 2011

Balthasar's Odyssey

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Publisher
Penguin Random House
Language
English
Published
2011
  • Religion
  • End of the world
  • Fiction
  • Voyages and travels
  • Merchants
  • Name
  • God
  • Lost books

In 1665, with prophecies and portents foretelling the forthcoming Apocalypse, Balthasar, an antiquarian merchant and sage, embarks on a perilous quest to find a rare book that could hold the key to the world's salvation.

Description: 391 pages : map ; 25 cm.
Other Titles: Périple de Baldassare.
Responsibility: Amin Maalouf ; translated from the French by Barbara Bray.