num_pages: 400
description: Isaac Inchbold, the asthmatic proprietor of Nonsuch Books on London Bridge, is an unassuming hero, drawn into a dangerous game of duplicity and intrigue when he is asked to track down an elusive manuscript in the summer of 1660. The Labyrinth of the World, marked with the ex-libris of intrepid collector Sir Ambrose Plessington, may be a little-known Hermetic text, a map of the lost city of El Dorado, or a heretical document capable of causing vast political upheaval. It is also being sought by a menacing trio of men in black, whom Inchbold must outwit to survive. King (Domino; Brunelleschi's Dome) has created a literary historical thriller in the vein of The Name of the Rose.
language: English
title: Ex-Libris
titlecomplete: Ex-Libris
genres: Historical, Books About Books, Novels, Thriller, Historical Mystery, Mystery Thriller, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Mystery, British Literature
ratings_count: 1715
publisher: Walker & Co