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Lädt ... Murder at the Library of Congress (1999)von Margaret Truman
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. If you are privy to the inner workings of special collections within libraries, this book will ring very true for you. She also illumintes on the ways that museums and libraries acquire rare pieces, which is in this case is dubious. Ms. Truman really knows her stuff about the political systems and how the quid pro quo system travels from the Hill rolling down to all aspects of the government. I found those aspects of the novel quite fun to read. ( ) One of the books in the Capital Crimes series by Margaret Truman, daughter of Harry. Gallery owner Annabel Reed-Smith is assigned to write an article on some missing diaries from an associate of Christopher Columbus who accompanied him on his expeditions to the New World. While doing some research in the Library of Congress, an expert in the field is murdered. In addition, a painting is stolen at a small museum in Miami. Both incidents seem to be related to the search for the missing diaries. Despite Annabelle’s intentions not to get involved, she does anyway. Though there is some interesting "insider" info on the workings of the Library of Congress, the rest of the book was pretty predictable and at times kind of boring. Some of the language is a bit dated (who uses the term broad anymore!) The ending wasn’t very surprising, or very interesting. 2 out of 5 stars. As someone who's worked in libraries Margaret Truman gets a lot of details right. This is an engaging mystery about academic jealously surrounding a crew member's chronicle of Christopher Columbus' first voyage. I recommend it (and visiting the Library of Congress, it is a magnificent place). -Lisa Shapter keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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Fiction.
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Thriller.
HTML: Margaret Truman looks inside one of D.C.'s great institutions, the Library of Congress, the place where much of the wisdom of the nation is collected, and finds blood on the floor. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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