The Lost Book of the Grail
Publishers Weekly š 01/02/2017 Diffident Arthur Prescott, the endearing hero of this thoroughly enjoyable novel from bestseller Lovett (The Bookmanfs Tale), has chosen to teach at the University of Barchester, a backwater institution, because he grew up in Barchester (yes, Anthony Trollopefs cathedral city, as Lovett admits in an authorfs note). A junior lecturer whofs […]
The Further Adventures of Ebenezer Scrooge
“Lovett has written a delightful sequel to Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol. . . . Told in the style of Dickens with a sly wit, this is an excellent companion to the original Christmas classic.” —Library Journal
First Impressions: A Novel of Old Books, Unexpected Love, and Jane Austen
Library Journal 09/01/2014 In Lovett's debut novel, The Bookman's Tale, about an antiquarian book dealer, Shakespeare took center stage. This time the author adds bookish intrigue to the life of another luminary of English literature. While the few facts about Jane Austen's life are well known, many scholars have speculated about Austen's experience in love. […]
The Bookman's Tale : a Novel of Obsession
“. . .A gripping literary mystery that is compulsively readable until the thrilling end. For fans of Geraldine Brooks’s People of the Book, Shakespeare aficionados, and bibliophiles.â€â€”Library Journal (Starred)