The Toledo Fake (ePub)
art and science, is murdered in...
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art and science, is murdered in his modest London flat.
Only his former teacher, Professor Rietberg, is aware of a connection between McKenna and the astrolabein fact he was not only the owner of the alleged medieval instrument, but also its maker. Together with his Iranian friend, Daryoush, he had been in the forgery business for years, producing medieval Islamic artifacts to near-perfection in Isfahan.
This astrolabe, their latest and ultimate forgery, was not only made for money, however. McKenna wanted to leave their imprint on historical research?even research based on a fake!
Unaware of McKennas complex motives and his shady business, the police limit their investigation to angry neighbours and male prostitutes.
Professor Rietberg, who is proud of his detective talents already proven in the case of The Janissary File (published by Universe in 2007), suspects the murderer to be among McKennas forgery victims. He embarks on a long but ultimately rewarding journey to fi nd the killer, which takes him through the London art market, to Iran and the Arab Gulf States.
“Amongst the familiar that Behrens conjures back so vividly, you will doubtless stumble on the new – some snippet of knowledge and language that had always puzzled will be explained. A detective story to savour.” M.Scott in: The Middle East in London (June 2007), on G. Behrens, The Janissary File (iUniverse 2007).
Gerhard Behrens studied law, including Islamic Law, in universities in Germany and Egypt. He has worked in academic institutions and government in Germany, and many years in Cairo as a banker and businessman. He is now retired and lives in London, where he has developed an interest in Islamic art and its market.
- Autor: Gerhard Behrens
- 2012, 230 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: iUniverse
- ISBN-10: 1475964633
- ISBN-13: 9781475964639
- Erscheinungsdatum: 14.12.2012
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