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A tour de force - New York Times Book Review

Ambitious, finely detailed and compulsively readable - Locus

It is a book that feels fundamentally true; it is a book to live in - Washington Post


For Kivrin Engle, preparing an on-site study of one of the deadliest eras in humanity''s history was as simple as receiving inoculations against the diseases of the fourteenth century and inventing a bullet-proof backstory. For her instructors in the twenty-first century, it meant painstaking calculations and careful monitoring of the rendezvous location where Kivrin would be received.

But a crisis strangely linking past and future strands Kivrin in a bygone age as her fellows try desperately to rescue her. In a time of superstition and fear, Kivrin finds she has become an unlikely angel of hope during one of history''s darkest hours.

Winner of both the 1993 Hugo and Nebula Best Novel awards, this is a science fiction classic.

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A tour de force * New York Times Book Review *
Ambitious, finely detailed and compulsively readable * Locus *
It is a book that feels fundamentally true; it is a book to live in * Washington Post *

Doomsday Book

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    A Paperback / softback by Connie Willis

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      Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
      Publication Date: 08/11/2012
      ISBN13: 9780575131095, 978-0575131095
      ISBN10: 0575131098

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      A tour de force - New York Times Book Review

      Ambitious, finely detailed and compulsively readable - Locus

      It is a book that feels fundamentally true; it is a book to live in - Washington Post


      For Kivrin Engle, preparing an on-site study of one of the deadliest eras in humanity''s history was as simple as receiving inoculations against the diseases of the fourteenth century and inventing a bullet-proof backstory. For her instructors in the twenty-first century, it meant painstaking calculations and careful monitoring of the rendezvous location where Kivrin would be received.

      But a crisis strangely linking past and future strands Kivrin in a bygone age as her fellows try desperately to rescue her. In a time of superstition and fear, Kivrin finds she has become an unlikely angel of hope during one of history''s darkest hours.

      Winner of both the 1993 Hugo and Nebula Best Novel awards, this is a science fiction classic.

      Re

      Trade Review
      A tour de force * New York Times Book Review *
      Ambitious, finely detailed and compulsively readable * Locus *
      It is a book that feels fundamentally true; it is a book to live in * Washington Post *

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