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MARTYN HOBBS
Nationality: Britishemail: n/a Website: n/a
Literary Agent: MBA Literary Agents Ltd
Martyn is the great grandson of Sir Jack Hobbs, the cricketer. He graduated in English Literature from Sussex University, and from 1982 till 1993 taught English and lived in Florence. He is now based in Oxford.
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Carnevale Golden Age, The History Of The Machine, A Macquin's Metamorphosis Mappa Mundi Masaccio MonkeytrapCarnevale
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On his deathbed in Missolonghi, Byron is haunted by feverish dreams of his past. What had driven him from England first to Italy and finally to Greece? Was it his incestuous relationship with his half sister augusta, or something even more unspeakable, punishable with death by hanging?
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Top of PageGolden Age, The
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In which the dreams of a mid-ranking civil servant in Byzantium are unexpectedly realised; the ancient Greek Gods return from exile in pursuit of their old power; a corrupt political order is threatened with overthrow; and the promised Golden age isn't quite what it was cracked up to be.
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Top of PageHistory Of The Machine, A
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With the creation of his Nerve automaton, Herr Kirchner's life is transformed. But a triumphal Grand Tour of Europe is derailed in Rome by the death of a pope, and their journey descends into madness and a kind of death.
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National Library of Scotland ref: Traverse - acc.9285//25
Top of PageMacquin's Metamorphosis
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Macquin exacts his revenge on his past by reworking Ovid's Metamorphoses, subjecting each of his enemies to a fitting metamorphosis. But when his past catches up with him, Macquin is forced to undergo his own transformation.
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National Library of Scotland ref: Traverse - acc.10365/47
Top of PageMappa Mundi
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a heretic and a writer share a small cell. But when a new inmate arrives, Fintan and Cello's settled world is turned upside down. This new prisoner is Marco Polo. and from their life-and-death struggle to survive, our own world directly springs.
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Top of PageMasaccio
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Masaccio, a Renaissance whirlwind, was one of the most revolutionary artists of all time. His death at the age of 26 in Rome was no accident. a thriller of art, politics and popes.
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Top of PageMonkeytrap
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Nicholas Crabbe returns from Venice to start a new life in England. But he is a victim of his vanity. Nicholas is led into a labyrinth of temptation and danger, and at the at the heart of every maze waits the Minotaur.
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