Book Description
For two hundred years passionate men and women have fought over the Elgin Marbles, one of the world's most prized antiquities. Two contempory young historians, Anne Fitzgerald and the American Patrick Browning are both seduced by Mary, Lord Elgin's hypnotic and adulterous wife but wary of each other. The discovery of Mary's love letters and diaries lead them not just to revelations about the Elgins but to unearthing the existence of a vital missing piece of the marbles. Then Patrick is attacked, his flat is ransacked and Anne's lover becomes exaggeratedly possessive. In a breath-taking climax in a small Athen's chapel the past and the present collide in a swirl of betrayal, greed, passion, and, finally, redemption.
Synopsis
For 200 years, people have fought over the Elgin Marbles. Two young historians, Anne Fitzgerald and Patrick Browning, are seduced by Mary, Lord Elgin's hypnotic and adulterous wife. The discovery of her love letters and diaries leads them to revelations about the Elgins and a vital missing piece.
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