{"product_id":"traces-remain","title":"Traces Remain","description":"\u003cp\u003eHistory leaves traces of the people - Byron, Shakespeare, Rimbaud, Leonardo - living through it, in portraits, documents and books. In \u003ci\u003eTraces Remain\u003c\/i\u003e, Charles Nicholl, the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eThe Reckoning\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Lodger: Shakespeare on Silver Street\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLeonardo da Vinci: The Flights of the Mind\u003c\/i\u003e, transforms these glimpses through time into comic and poignant vignettes, and curious, intriguing puzzles. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom a mysterious painting found in a Hereford house to the death of an alchemist, and from a new Jack the Ripper suspect to a gold hunt in El Dorado, Nicholl''s twenty-five fascinating essays take in two murders, three disappearances and a missing Shakespeare play to show the marvel and tenacity of these wonderful historical traces. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Our finest literary and historical detective ... Deliciously readable'' \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e''Charles Nicholl confirms his role as literature''s historic Holmes ... thoroughly captivating'' \u003ci\u003eScotsman\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ''Some writers are so good at what they do that they can take you anywhere. Charles Nicholl is one of them'' \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57322071753086,"sku":"NW9780140296822","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780140296822.jpg?v=1778702100","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-usa\/products\/traces-remain","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}