{"product_id":"the-forgers-daughter-hardcover","title":"The Forger's Daughter - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBradford Morrow\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThreats, promises, and the allure of Edgar Allan Poe's \u003ci\u003eTamerlane\u003c\/i\u003e--the rarest book in American literature--pull readers back into the dangerous world of literary forgery in this heart-stopping sequel to \u003ci\u003eThe Forgers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen a scream shatters the summer night outside their country house in the Hudson Valley, reformed literary forger Will and his wife Meghan find their daughter Maisie shaken and bloodied, holding a parcel her attacker demanded she present to her father. Inside is a literary rarity the likes of which few have ever handled, and a letter laying out impossible demands regarding its future.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfter twenty years of living life on the straight and narrow, Will finds himself drawn back to forgery, ensnared in a plot to counterfeit the rarest book in American literature: Edgar Allan Poe's first, \u003ci\u003eTamerlane\u003c\/i\u003e, of which only a dozen copies are known to have survived. Until now. Facing threats to his life and family, coerced by his former nemesis and fellow forger Henry Slader, Will must rely on the artistic skills of his older daughter Nicole to help create a flawless forgery of this stolen \u003ci\u003eTamerlane\u003c\/i\u003e, the Holy Grail of American letters.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart mystery, part case study of the shadowy side of the book trade, and part homage to the writer who invented the detective tale, \u003ci\u003eThe Forger's Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e portrays the world of literary forgery as diabolically clever, genuinely dangerous, and inescapable, it would seem, to those who have ever embraced it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBradford Morrow\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of eight previous novels, including \u003ci\u003eThe Forgers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Diviner's Tale\u003c\/i\u003e, and most recently, \u003ci\u003eThe Prague Sonata\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as a short-story collection, \u003ci\u003eThe Uninnocent\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the founding editor of \u003ci\u003eConjunctions\u003c\/i\u003e and has contributed to many anthologies and journals. A professor of literature and Bard Center Fellow at Bard College, he lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.4 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 08, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757552927008,"sku":"9780802149251","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/eb85616f2721ae4850bb5728a7b011d6.webp?v=1780105139","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-forgers-daughter-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}