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Fiction & Poetry, Modern & Contemporary Fiction

Stealing Thunder

Peter Millar (author)

Paperback Published on: 20/10/1999

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Synopsis

Set in 1945 and the present day, this novel provides an evocation of the race to build the atom bomb with an account of a conspiracy turned sour. The book blends fact and the speculations of history so the reader is left wondering whether it really happened.

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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN: 9780747545835
Number of pages: 317
Dimensions: 197 x 128 mm
Weight: 270g
Languages: English

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