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London, 1893, there is poisoner loose in the city, with deaths piling up, and private enquiry agents Cyrus Barker and Thomas Llewelyn are apparently his latest target in Fierce Poison, the next installment in Will Thomas's acclaimed historical mystery series. Private Enquiry agent Cyrus Barker has just about seen it all—he's been attacked by assassins, his office has been bombed, and evil-doers have even nearly killed his dog. But never before has a potential client dropped dead in his office. When Roland Fitzhugh, Member of Parliament arrives to consult Barker and his partner Thomas Llewelyn, he falls to the floor, dead, upon entering. As they soon learn, he's been poisoned with a cyanide laced raspberry tart, and the adulterated tarts also take out an entire family in the East End. Labelled the Mad Pie Man by the press, Barker and Llewelyn are hired by former Prime Minister William Gladstone to find out who has targeted the House of Commons's newest member. But before they can even begin, they find themselves the latest target of this mad poisoner—with Barker's butler poisoned with digitalis and dozens of diabolic traps discovered at their home. On the run from their unseen adversary, Barker and Llewelyn must uncover the threads that connect these seemingly random acts and stop the killer before they and their closest friends and family become the next casualties.

London, 1893 - deadly doings are afoot in the British Museum and private enquiry agents Cyrus Barker and Thomas Llewelyn must unravel a mystery involving a mummy, a giant ruby and a murder, in Will Thomas's Heart of the Nile. Cyrus Barker, along with his former assistant and now partner Thomas Llewelyn, is the premier enquiry agent in all of 19th century London, and beyond. They've thwarted the designs of villains and crooks off all sorts, helped Scotland Yard crack their most challenging cases, and worked for the Her Majesty's Government at the very highest levels. But nothing has been quite as challenging and dangerous as the latest case that comes to find them. In 1893, a volunteer at the British Museum makes a startling discovery. When examining a mummy in the museum's collection, he discovers there is a giant ruby in the shape of a heart buried in the chest of the mummy. Even more startling, the mummy might well be Cleopatra. The following morning, the volunteer is found floating in the Thames and the ruby has gone missing. Hired by the victim’s wife to learn the truth behind his death, Barker and Llewelyn find themselves in the crosshairs - now they must avoid a violent street gang, a ruthless collector, and the British Museum itself in order to find the killer and safeguard the gem.

Von der?Pflege der Alterthümer? zur Kulturökologie? Denkmalpflege hat sich zu einer?Kunst des Bewahrens? entwickelt, die der Modernisierung Grenzen setzen möchte. Der Autor widmet sich zentralen Themen und Diskursen an der Schnittstelle von Denkmalpflege, Architektur und Städtebau.00Denkmalpflege ist in einer Kultur des Verschleißes aktueller denn je. Entstanden aus der Wahrnehmung der Verluste, hat sich das historische und ästhetische Interesse an den?Alterthümern? mehr und mehr zu einer handlungsorientierten?Kunst des Bewahrens? entwickelt. Denkmalpflege als Kulturtechnik lehnt die Modernisierung? eine?Kunst des Zerstörens?? nicht ab, möchte ihr aber Grenzen setzen.0Thomas Will widmet sich folgenden Themen zwischen Denkmalpflege, Architektur und Städtebau: Denkmalpflege und architektonisches Entwerfen? Reparieren? Orte und Erinnerungen? Denkmale im Gebrauch? Die Stadt als Denkmal? Rekonstruktion und Werktreue.0Kommentare von Architekten, Denkmalpflegern, Wissenschaftlern und Journalisten ergänzen die Texte. So entsteht ein vielstimmiges Bild der Kunst des Bewahrens.00Thomas Will ist Architekt und Professor für Denkmalpflege und Entwerfen an der TU Dresden.