The Sad Tale of the Brothers Grossbart

Hegel and Manfried Grossbart may not consider themselves bad men -- but death still stalks them through the dark woods of medieval Europe.

The year is 1364, and the brothers Grossbart have embarked on a na ve quest for fortune. Descended from a long line of graverobbers, they are determined to follow their family's footsteps to the fabled crypts of Gyptland. To get there, they will have to brave dangerous and unknown lands and keep company with all manner of desperate travelers-merchants, priests, and scoundrels alike. For theirs is a world both familiar and distant; a world of living saints and livelier demons, of monsters and madmen.

The Brothers Grossbart are about to discover that all legends have their truths, and worse fates than death await those who would take the red road of villainy.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Orbit
Published: 11/16/2009
ISBN: 9780316049344
Pages: 453
Weight: 0.87lbs
Size: 8.16h x 5.76w x 1.25d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 09/07/2009 pg. 33
Kirkus Reviews 09/15/2009
Romantic Times 11/01/2009 pg. 72 - Very Good
Booklist 11/15/2009 pg. 25
Library Journal Annex 10/19/2009