The Wave Theory of Angels
  • Published:
    Jul-2005
  • Formats:
    Print / eBook
  • Main Genre:
    General Fiction
  • Pages:
    304
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EVERY STORY IS THE STORY OF A SECRET

This is a story that unfolds across two far-flung centuries, across two worlds. In each, the lives of a father and his two daughters are about to be catapulted into crisis.

France. 1284. In the heat of an August night, Christina-sister of Marguerite, daughter of the heretic sculptor Giles of Beauvais-struggles to keep a secret. The year is also 2001. We're in Chicago, where Christina Carver, daughter of rebel physicist Dr Giles Carver, also keeps a secret, even from her sister Maggie. When a bell rings for matins-when a telephone rings in the middle of the night-Christina will fail to wake and all six lives will change forever.

The Wave Theory of Angels is a story of attractions, both cosmic and earthly. The riddles of magic, metaphysics and modern-day science transport the reader from the enchantment of the thirteenth century to the disenchantment of the twenty-first and back again. Through it all, one question persists: What is the real force of the imagination?

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    • First Edition
    • Jul-2005
    • Penguin (Canada)
    • Paperback
    • ISBN: 0143051334
    • ISBN13: 9780143051336
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    • Jan-2005
    • Hamish Hamilton
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 024114261X
    • ISBN13: 9780241142615
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    • Penguin
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 014190206X
    • ISBN13: 9780141902067
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    • Penguin (Canada)
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 014319089X
    • ISBN13: 9780143190899



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