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The Bone Church by Victoria Dougherty

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Book name: The Bone Church (2024)
Category: Historical Fiction
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Pages: 308 pages
ISBN13: 061598052X
ISBN: 061598052X
Language: English
Publication data: April 15, 2014, 7 a.m.
In the surreal and paranoid underworld of wartime Prague, fugitive lovers Felix Andel and Magdalena Ruza make some dubious alliances – with a mysterious Roman Catholic cardinal, a reckless sculptor intent on making a big political statement, and a gypsy with a risky sex life. As one by one their chances for fleeing the country collapse, the two join a plot to assassinate Hitler’s nefarious Minister of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda, Josef Goebbels. But the assassination attempt goes wildly wrong, propelling the lovers in separate directions.
Felix’s destiny is sealed at the Bone Church, a mystical pilgrimage site on the outskirts of Prague, while Magdalena is thrust even deeper into the bowels of a city that betrayed her and a homeland soon to be swallowed by the Soviets. As they emerge from the shadowy fog of World War II, and stagger into the foul haze of the Cold War, Felix and Magdalena must confront the past, and a dangerous, uncertain future.

About the author

Victoria Dougherty

Victoria Dougherty

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Victoria Dougherty is the author of The Bone Church, The Hungarian, Welcome to the Hotel Yalta, Savage Island, Breath, Of Sand and Bone and Cold. She writes fiction, drama, and essays that revolve around lovers, killers, curses, and destinies.

Her work has been published or profiled in the New York Times, USA Today, The International Herald Tribune, and elsewhere.

Earlier in her career, while living in Prague, she co-founded Black Box Theater, translating, producing, and acting in several Czech p… Read more