Author : Benjamin Markovits
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393346269
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (933 download)
Book Synopsis Imposture: A Novel by : Benjamin Markovits
Download or read book Imposture: A Novel written by Benjamin Markovits and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2007-05-17 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A love affair based on a case of mistaken identity, set in an impeccable re-creation of nineteenth-century London. Lord Byron was the greatest writer and most notorious, scandalous lover of his age—an irresistible attraction for a sheltered, bookish, and passionate young woman like Eliza Esmond. Eliza believes she's met Byron on the doorstep of his publisher, and that her dreams have come true when he arranges to meet her in secret. But what if the man she believes to be Byron is someone else—a look-alike named John Polidori, who once toured Europe as Byron's doctor? And if Polidori is the true author of a wildly successful book everyone believes to have been written by Byron, who is the real imposter? Stylish, subtle, and seductive, Imposture is about ambition, fantasy, the power of artistic greatness, and the consequences of celebrity—by a gifted novelist of true talent. Reading group guide available.