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Peter Darvill-Evans
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Doctor Who: Asylum (Doctor Who) |
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No copies available |
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| Published in: |
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English |
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Mass Market Paperback |
| Pages: |
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256 |
| Date: |
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2001-05-07 |
| ISBN: |
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0563538333 |
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BBC Books |
| Weight: |
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0.31 pounds |
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4.5 x 0.75 x 7.0 inches |
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2 Amelie (United Kingdom), Mari (United Kingdom) |
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2 Mari (United Kingdom), Belladonna1975 (USA: OK) |
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Product Description
The town of Oxford in AD 1278 seems like a haven of tranquility. Under the summer sun, merchants, students and clerics go about their daily, unhurried tasks. Alfric, the proctor of the Franciscan friary, has only two minor problems: one of the friars has gone missing, and there's a travelling showman, calling himself the Doctor, with a pretty young noblewoman by his side, attracting crowds in the narrow streets.
When the missing friar is found dead, the Doctor is convinced he has been murdered. There is a ruthless killer at large, and Alfric reluctantly teams up with the Doctor to track him down.
Their investigation leads towards the most celebrated of the Franciscan brotherhood: Roger Bacon, famed throughout Christendom as a scholar - and, in the far future, the subject of a revolutionary thesis by technographer Nyssa of Traken...
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http://bookmooch.com/0563538333 |
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