{"product_id":"the-bookshop-book-hardcover","title":"The Bookshop Book - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMark Lawrence\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA fantasy adventure through cozy, cluttered bookshops and into the pages of classic literature itself, set in the world of international bestselling author Mark Lawrence's groundbreaking The Library Trilogy.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBookshops have always been places where worlds collide. Places where ideas make war, where cultures meet and mingle. For Frederick \"Red\" Archer, a young man hanging on at the edge of society, a bookshop he wanders into will be the place that changes his life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRose Penrose is watching the world from the other side of the page, transported by an act of awful violence into a book her mother wrote. When a terrifying pursuer has Rose cornered, she is somehow able to leap from the book she inhabits into another--one that happens to be in the very bookshop where Red is standing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet in the world of Mark Lawrence's groundbreaking Library Trilogy, this fantasy adventure winds through the stacks of beloved bookshops and into the pages of classic literature itself.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMark Lawrence \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, to British parents but moved to the UK at the age of one. After earning a PhD in mathematics at Imperial College London, he went back to the US to work on a variety of research projects, including the \"Star Wars\" missile-defense program. Since returning to the UK, he has worked mainly on image processing and decision\/reasoning theory. He never had any ambition to be a writer, so he was very surprised when a half-hearted attempt to find an agent turned into a global publishing deal overnight. His first trilogy, The Broken Empire, has been universally acclaimed as a groundbreaking work of fantasy, and both \u003ci\u003eEmperor of Thorns\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Liar's Key\u003c\/i\u003e have won the David Gemmell Legend Award for best fantasy novel. Mark is married, with four children, and lives in Bristol.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.89 x 9.29 x 6.24 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 20, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50896886300858,"sku":"9798217190942","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0768\/5727\/8650\/files\/XRITjmyy8s9798217190942.webp?v=1793325067","url":"https:\/\/thebookloversatlas.com\/products\/the-bookshop-book-hardcover","provider":"The Book Lover's Atlas","version":"1.0","type":"link"}