The Creator's Map

Calderon, Emilio

ISBN 10: 0719520908 / ISBN 13: 9780719520907

Published by Penguin Press, 2008

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Signed by Author(s) 0719520908 TRUE First Edition, First Print. Signed by the author directly on the FULL title page NOT inscribed, clipped or otherwise marked.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Creator's Map
• Publisher: Penguin Press
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0719520908
• ISBN 13: 9780719520907
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

Set in Rome during the tumultuous period of the 1930s and 1940s, this novel recreats the dark intrigue, romantic entanglements and divided loyalties of a war-torn Europe. An exiled Spanish architect, a beautiful young librarian and an elegant Fascist prince are caught up in a plot involving a map which could destroy them all.

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In 1937 a group of Spaniards are thrown together, forced to wait out the Spanish Civil War in Rome. Unlike the rest of his compatriots, José María has no strong feelings either way about the ideologies causing such bloodshed in his home country; it is only the beautiful and bookish Montse who ignites his passion. Unwittingly, they become embroiled in an underground Nazi plot to collect mystic artifacts. The most powerful artifact sought is the Creator's Map, a legendary document depicting the power centers of the universe, said to be penned by God himself. The idealistic Montse is recruited as a spy and becomes more and more deeply involved in espionage, as does José María, for his own reasons.

The Creator's Map brilliantly re-creates the dark intrigue, romantic entanglements, and divided loyalties of war-torn Europe. Long after the war is over, the destinies of these characters continue to be shaped by the devastating repercussions of this tumultuous time.