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02923aam a2200541Ki 4500 001 95336EFADDB411E48328BAE0DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20200828010432 008 140706s2015 nyu 000 f eng d 020 $a 0062356453 020 $a 9780062356451 040 $a BTCTA $b eng $c BTCTA $d BDX $d WIM $d SILO 043 $a e-uk-en 082 04 $a 813.6 $2 23 100 1 $a Holsinger, Bruce W., $e author. 245 14 $a The invention of fire : $b a novel / $c Bruce Holsinger. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b William Morrow, $c [2015] 300 $a pages ; $c cm 500 $a CATALOGED FROM VENDOR RECORD. SUBJECT TO CHANGE. 520 $a "Though he is one of England's most acclaimed intellectuals, John Gower is no stranger to London's wretched slums and dark corners, and he knows how to trade on the secrets of the kingdom's most powerful men. When the bodies of sixteen unknown men are found in a privy, the Sheriff of London seeks Gower's help. The men's wounds--ragged holes created by an unknown object--are unlike anything the sheriff's men have ever seen. Tossed into the sewer, the bodies were meant to be found. Gower believes the men may have been used in an experiment--a test for a fearsome new war weapon his informants call the "handgonne," claiming it will be the "future of death" if its design can be perfected. Propelled by questions of his own, Gower turns to courtier and civil servant Geoffrey Chaucer, who is working on some poems about pilgrims that Gower finds rather vulgar. Chaucer thinks he just may know who commissioned this new weapon, an extremely valuable piece of information that some will pay a high price for--and others will kill to conceal" -- $c provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Chaucer, Geoffrey, $d -1400 $v Fiction. 600 10 $a Gower, John, $d 1325?-1408 $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Murder $x Investigation $v Fiction. 651 0 $a London (England) $x History $y To 1500 $v Fiction. 655 7 $a Historical fiction. $2 gsafd 655 7 $a Suspense fiction. $2 gsafd 941 $a 19 952 $l SFPH074 $d 20240314041308.0 952 $l TZPC572 $d 20230316010623.0 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20211009011937.0 952 $l GEPG771 $d 20210722045314.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20210202014629.0 952 $l PNAX964 $d 20200829013400.0 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20200204080348.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20200110062303.0 952 $l D8PD522 $d 20191211011755.0 952 $l DYPD423 $d 20190413011624.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006084537.0 952 $l MXPG943 $d 20180720044012.0 952 $l NEPC953 $d 20180714033759.0 952 $l DAPG173 $d 20170817010358.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20170418110151.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20150926032505.0 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20150826010118.0 952 $l YTPG232 $d 20150728012357.0 952 $l WSPF215 $d 20150702033415.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=95336EFADDB411E48328BAE0DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search