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Ex Libris
Ex Libris | Ross King
4 posts | 14 read | 28 to read
Responding to a cryptic summons to a remote country house, London bookseller Isaac Inchbold finds himself responsible for restoring a magnificent library pillaged during the English Civil War, and in the process slipping from the surface of 1660s London into an underworld of spies and smugglers, ciphers and forgeries. As he assembles the fragments of a complex historical mystery, Inchbold learns how Sir Ambrose Plessington, founder of the library, escaped from Bohemia on the eve of the Thirty Years War with plunder from the Imperial Library. Inchbold's hunt for one of these stolen volumes - a lost Hermetic text - soon casts him into an elaborate intrigue; his fortunes hang on the discovery of the missing manuscript but his search reveals that the elusive volume is not what it seems and that he has been made an unwitting player in a treacherous game.
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Ex Libris | Ross King
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Today I‘ve received this beautiful stamp from my dad for my books 😍😍

Smrloomis 😍😍😍 3y
Nute Nice! 3y
AmyG Beautiful ❤️ 3y
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Amiable What a wonderful gift! 3y
MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm Absolutely lovely! ❤️ 3y
youneverarrived That‘s gorgeous 🤍 3y
tpixie Lovely 💙💗💙 3y
Cathythoughts 💫💫💫 3y
Trashcanman Beautiful 3y
tracey38 Beautiful! 3y
erzascarletbookgasm Lovely! 3y
Cailey_Mac Yes!👏🏼 3y
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erzascarletbookgasm
erzascarletbookgasm
Ex Libris | Ross King
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❤️ this.

“And as I surveyed the clutter of his study I was pleased to see that he was a man after my own heart. All of his money appeared to have been spent on either books or shelves to hold them.” Ross King, Ex-Libris.

Drawing of Scottish writer, teacher, artist, poet, Alasdair Gray, working at his desk with his books and paintings. Art by Wil Freeborn Illustration.

Chelsey I love this one! 5y
batsy Oh, so lovely ❤️ 5y
youneverarrived ❤️ 5y
Cathythoughts ♥️♥️♥️ 5y
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ValerieAndBooks
ValerieAndBooks
Ex Libris | Ross King
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Here's what I brought home after taking two bags full of books in for credit. I'm pleased with what I found 😊📚📚📚

Rachbb3 Great stack! 7y
zsuzsanna_reads The Girls of Slender Means is one of my favourite books and the Chronicles of Clovis are great too! 7y
DebinHawaii Nice stack!! 📚👍😀 7y
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OrangeMooseReads Nice! 7y
LeahBergen I have Ex-Libris on my TBR shelf. 👍🏼 7y
KarenUK Love Muriel Spark! 💕 7y
Kammbia1 Enjoyed The Storied Life of AJ Fikry. Charming story.... (edited) 7y
ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled Lamb!! ❤❤ 7y
ValerieAndBooks @Rachbb3 @DebinHawaii @OrangeMooseReads thanks! It definitely was a good book day for me 😊 7y
ValerieAndBooks @zsuzsanna_reads this will be my third Spark book and I'm really looking forward to it, as well as the Saki 👍 7y
ValerieAndBooks @LeahBergen I'm really curious about Ex-Libris, as I've read a few of Ross King's non-fiction books on art. And then maybe I'll put it next to Fadiman's Ex-Libris 🤗
[tagged book]Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader
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ValerieAndBooks @KarenUK do you have a favorite Muriel Spark? I've read The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, and Driver's Seat, and looking forward to reading more by her! 7y
ValerieAndBooks @ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled This will be my first Christopher Moore! Curious whether his humor will be my type! 7y
KarenUK @ValerieAndBooks I've read those too, but the one you picked up is a favorite! Hope you enjoy it 😊 7y
ValerieAndBooks @Kammbia1 The Storied Life of AJ Fikry was #becauseofLitsy. So many people here seem to have liked it; good to know you did too! 7y
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MrBook
MrBook
Ex Libris | Ross King
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#Libraryhaul! Yeah, I have a dozen books at home already, but I'm greedy and I hoard whichever books strike my fancy and are available 😜😆. A London bookseller & #antiquarian tasked with restoring a library in 17th-Century Prague Castle. Add some city sacking, Sir Walter Raleigh, religious persecutions, and mysterious horsemen. In the iconic words of Robert Palmer: simply irresistible 😎👌🏻! #LitsyLovesLibraries

CocoReads That sounds amazing! 7y
Imagineannie Oh! Yes, please!! 7y
Lynnsoprano Prague? Must read! 7y
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Penny_LiteraryHoarders Added that to my library shelf 'for later' 7y
LeahBergen Yep. I have it on my shelf. 😂 7y
ValerieAndBooks Love his non-fiction, should try this! Stacking! 7y
LitsyGoesPostal 😊👍🏻 7y
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