{"product_id":"city-of-crows-9781609454708","title":"City of Crows","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Signs, wonders, and witchcraft beset 17th-century France\" in this \"grim but spellbinding\" novel of a mother searching for her son inspired by true events (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrance, 1673. A young woman from the country, Charlotte Picot must venture to the fearsome city of Paris in search of her last remaining son, Nicolas. Either fate or mere coincidence places the quick-witted charlatan Adam Lesage in her path. Adam is newly released from the prison galleys and on the hunt for treasure. But Charlotte, believing him to be a spirit she has summoned from the underworld, enlists his help in finding her child. Charlotte and Adam--comically ill-matched yet essential to one another--journey to Paris, then known as the City of Crows.\u003cbr\u003eEvoking pre-revolutionary France with all its ribaldry, superstition, and intrigue, \"Womersley weaves a haunting tale of the drastic lengths people will go to achieve their deepest desires\" (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A gothic masterpiece.\"--\u003ci\u003eBetter Read Than Dead\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Europa Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/18\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781609454708\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.20w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/16\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/23\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/15\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2018 pg. 94\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Chris Womersley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36661878325404,"sku":"9781609454708","price":14.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_7887dcd3-922d-455d-9239-f6c1cfbf3f6f.jpg?v=1603900486","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/city-of-crows-9781609454708","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}