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THE LUDWIG CONSPIRACY
POTZSCH, OLIVER
In 1886, Ludwig II, the fairytale king of Bavaria, was deposed after being declared insane by doctors who
had never met him. He died mysteriously soon thereafter, his eccentric and beautiful castles his only
legacy. When an encoded diary by one of Ludwig’s confidants falls into the hands of rare book dealer
Steven Lukas, he soon realizes that the diary may bring him more misery than money. Others want the
diary as well—and they will kill to get it. Believing the diary to contain the secret truth behind Ludwig’s
death, Steven and the detective Sara Lengfeld go on the run, investigating each of Ludwig’s three famous
castles for clues. Just what in the diary could be so explosive that Ludwig's deranged modern-day
followers will do whatever it takes to keep it hidden?
FICTION 1ST PRINTING 100,000
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN HARCOURT
464 PAGES
9780547740102
$29.95 HC
SEPTEMBER 2013
THE LUMINARIES
CATTON, ELEANOR
In 1866, a weary Englishman lands in a gold-mining frontier town on the coast of New Zealand to make
his fortune and forever leave behind his family's shame. On arrival, he stumbles across a tense gathering
of twelve local men who have met in secret to investigate what links three crimes that occurred on a
single day, events in which each man finds himself implicated in some way: the town's wealthiest man
has vanished. An enormous fortune in pure gold has been discovered in the home of a luckless drunk. A
prostitute is found unconscious on a deserted road. But nothing is quite as it seems. As the men share
their stories, what emerges is an intricate web of alliances and betrayals, secrets and lies in which
everything is connected and everyone plays a part, whether they know it or not.
FICTION
MCCLELLAND & STEWART
9780771019104
$35.00 HC
SEPTEMBER 2013
832 PAGES
MACHIAVELLI
MARKULIN, JOSEPH
This epic piece of storytelling brings the world of fifteenth-century Italy to life as it traces Machiavelli’s rise
from young boy to controversial political thinker.
FICTION - HISTORICAL
PROMETHEUS BOOKS
9781616148058
$23.00 TP Original
SEPTEMBER 2013
580 PAGES