The secret books / Marcel Theroux.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Theroux, Marcel, 1968-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jesus Christ--Fiction.

Jesus Christ.

Notovitch, Nicolas, 1858-.

Russians.

Notovitch, Nicolas, 1858---Fiction.

Notovitch, Nicolas.

Russians--Fiction.

Truthfulness and falsehood--Fiction.

Truthfulness and falsehood.

Belief and doubt--Fiction.

Belief and doubt.

Paris (France)--History--19th century--Fiction.

Paris (France).

France--Paris.

Genre:

Fiction.

Biographical fiction.

History.

Novels.

Physical Description:

367 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Faber & Faber, 2017.

Summary:

Where did Jesus go from the age of 12 to 30? The Secret Books is an epic adventure of a young man in the Crimea who is drawn out of his world by an eccentric female journalist, leading to a life as a Russian spy infiltrating anarchist circles and going undercover in British India where, seeking refuge from a confrontation with a British officer, he discovers a manuscript which holds the secret of Jesus' lost years. But is this gospel true? Marcel Theroux takes the reader on a spellbinding journey through 19th-century Paris, the Russian Empire and high plateau of India through a world of spies and double cross, propaganda and revolutionary violence, lost-love and anti-semitism, and into a modern world where lies have the power of truth. Based on real events, The Secret Books is at once a page-turning adventure, a meditation on the nature of belief and an examination of the stories that humans are willing to kill and die for.

ISBN:

057128194X

9780571281947

OCLC:

964551134