| International Standard Book Number |
9780063475625 (large print) (paperback)
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| International Standard Book Number |
0063475626 (large print) (paperback)
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| Personal Name |
Fein, Louise, author.
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| Title Statement |
Book of forbidden words : a novel / Louise Fein.
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| Edition Statement |
First William Morrow large print edition.
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| Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice |
New York, NY : William Morrow Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2026.
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| Physical Description |
xii, 495 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
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| Summary, Etc. |
"From bestselling author Louise Fein comes a new historical novel set in a world of banned books and censorship, in which an encrypted manuscript unleashes a chain of consequences across 400 years, perfect for fans of Weyward and The Briar Club. 1552, PARIS: The printÂing press is quickly spreading new ideas across Europe, threatening the power of church and state and unleashing a wave of book burning and heretic hunting. When frightened ex-nun Lysbette Angiers arrives at Charlotte Guillard's famous printing shop with her manuscript, neither woman knows just how far the powerful elite will go to prevent the spread of Lysbette's audacious ideas. 1952, NEW YORK: Milly Bennett is a lonely housewife struggling to find her way in her new neighborhood amidst the paranoid clamors of McCarthy's America. She finds her life taking an unexpected turn when a relic from her past presents her with a 400-year-old manuscript to decipher, pulling her into a vortex of danger that threatens to shatter her world. From the risky backstreets of sixteenth-century Paris to the unpredictable suburbs of mid-twentieth century New York, the stakes couldn't be higher when, 400 years apart, Milly, Lysbette, and Charlotte each face a reality where the spread of ideas are feared and every effort is made to suppress them. Dramatic and affecting, and inspired by the real-life encrypted Voynich manuscript, Book of Forbidden Words is both an engrossing story about a timeless struggle that echoes through the ages and a testament to the indomitable spirit of those who dare to let their words be heard."-- Amazon.com.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Secrecy Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Censorship Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Prohibited books Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Manuscripts Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Large type books.
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| Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term |
Paris (France) History 16th century Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term |
New York (N.Y.) History 1951- Fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Historical fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Novels.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Large print books.
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