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People of the book : a novel

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  • Running Time: 13:53 hrs
    Narrator: Edwina Wren
    Publisher:
    Penguin Audio, 2008
    Note: This book was purchased with support from the Government of Canada's Social Development Partnerships Program - Disability Component.
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    Running Time: 13:53 hrs
    Narrator: Edwina Wren
    Publisher:
    BC Libraries Cooperative, 2024
    Note: This book was produced with support from the Government of Canada's Social Development Partnerships Program - Disability Component.

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  • Author: Brooks, Geraldine
    Date:
    Created
    2008
    Summary:

    A fictionalized account of the turbulent history of the Sarajevo Haggadah, an illuminated manuscript which has survived into the twentieth century thanks to people of various faiths who risked their lives to safeguard it. Hanna Heath, a manuscript conservator hired to restore the manuscript in 1996 Sarajevo, finds and pursues clues to crucial moments in the book's history.

    Contents:
    • Hanna: Sarajevo, spring 1996
    • An insect's wings, Sarajevo, 1940
    • Hanna: Vienna, spring 1996
    • Feathers and a rose: Vienna, 1894
    • Hanna: Vienna, spring 1996
    • Wine stains: Venice, 1609
    • Hanna: Boston, spring 1996
    • Saltwater: Tarragona, 1492
    • Hanna: London, spring 1996
    • A white hair: Seville, 1480
    • Hanna: Sarajevo, spring 1996
    • Hanna: Arnhem land, Gunumeleng, 2002.
    Genre:
    Historical fiction, Thrillers (Fiction)
    Subject(s): Australian fiction | Books | Conservation and restoration | Judaism | Manuscripts | Manuscripts, Hebrew
    Original Publisher: [S.l], Penguin Audio
    Language(s): English
    ISBN: 9780670018215, 9781439598689, 1439598681, 9780143115007, 0143115006, 9780593668160