{"product_id":"the-technologists-hardcover-eerste-editie-matthew-pearl","title":"The Technologists | Matthew Pearl (first edition)","description":"\u003cp lang=\"nl-NL\" class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: normal;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Technologists [Matthew Pearl]\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp lang=\"nl-NL\" class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eOrginele Engelse versie\/original version\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp lang=\"nl-NL\" class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: normal;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp lang=\"nl-NL\" class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: normal;\"\u003eTHE FIRST CLASS AT MIT\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp lang=\"nl-NL\" class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: normal;\"\u003eTHE LAST HOPE FOR A CITY IN PERIL\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp lang=\"nl-NL\" class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: normal;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp lang=\"nl-NL\" class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: normal;\"\u003eThe acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eThe Dante Club\u003c\/i\u003e reinvigorates the historical thriller. Matthew Pearl's spellbinding new novel transports readers to tumultuous nineteenth-century Boston, where the word “technology” represents a bold and frightening new concept. The fight for the future will hinge on...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp lang=\"nl-NL\" class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: normal;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp lang=\"nl-NL\" class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: normal;\"\u003eTHE TECHNOLOGISTS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp lang=\"nl-NL\" class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: normal;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp lang=\"nl-NL\" class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: normal;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eBOSTON, 1868\u003c\/b\u003e. The Civil War may be over but a new war has begun, one between the past and the present, tradition and technology. On a former marshy wasteland, the daring Massachusetts Institute of Technology is rising, its mission to harness science for the benefit of all and to open the doors of opportunity to everyone of merit. But in Boston Harbor a fiery cataclysm throws commerce into chaos, as ships' instruments spin inexplicably out of control. Soon after, another mysterious catastrophe devastates the heart of the city. Is it sabotage by scientific means or Nature revolting against man's attempt to control it?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp lang=\"nl-NL\" class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: normal;\"\u003eThe shocking disasters cast a pall over MIT and provoke assaults form all sides – rival Harvard, labor unions, and a sensationalistic press. With their first graduation and the very survival of their groundbreaking college now in doubt, a band of the Institute's best and brightest students secretly come together to save innocent lives and track down the truth, armed with ingenuity and their unique scientific training.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp lang=\"nl-NL\" class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: normal;\"\u003eLed by “charity scholar” Marcus Mansfield, a quiet Civil War veteran and one-time machinist struggling to find his footing rarefield Boston society, the group is rounded out by irrepressible Robert Richards, the bluest of Beacon Hill bluebloods.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp lang=\"nl-NL\" class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: normal;\"\u003eEdwin Hoyt, class genius; and brilliant freshman Ellen Swallow, the Institute's lone, ostracized female student. Working against their small secret society, from within and without, are the arrayed forces of a stratified culture determined to resist change at all costs and a dark mastermind bent on the utter destruction of the city.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp lang=\"nl-NL\" class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: normal;\"\u003eStudded with suspense and soaked in the rich historical atmosphere for which its author is renowned, The Technologists is a dazzling journey into a dangerous world not so very far from our own, as the America we know begins to shimmer into being.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp lang=\"nl-NL\" class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: normal;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp lang=\"nl-NL\" class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: normal;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eOver de auteur\/about the author:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp lang=\"nl-NL\" class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: normal;\"\u003eMatthew Pearl is the New York Times bestselling author of The Dante Club, The Poe Shadow, and The Last Dickens, and the editor of the Modern Library editions of Dante's Inferno (translated by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow) and Edgar Allan Poe's The Murders in the Rue Morgue: The Dupin Tales. Pearl is a graduate of Harvard University and Yale Law School and has taught literature at Harvard and Emerson College. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp lang=\"nl-NL\" class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: normal;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp lang=\"nl-NL\" class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: normal;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eRatings:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp lang=\"nl-NL\" class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: normal;\"\u003eAdvance Praise for The Technologists\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp lang=\"nl-NL\" class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: normal;\"\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Technologists\u003c\/i\u003e combines everything I love in a thriller: fascinating history, science, and a frightening mystery that demands to be solved. Matthew Pearl is one of my must-read athors. He never fails to intrigue and thrill!” –Tess Gerritsen, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Silent Girl\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp lang=\"nl-NL\" class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: normal;\"\u003e“Fascinating, mesmerizing, and richly atmospheric, \u003ci\u003eThe Technologists\u003c\/i\u003e is the best yet from a true master of the historical thriller. I loved this novel.” –Joseph Finder, author of \u003ci\u003eBuried Secrets\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eVanished\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp lang=\"nl-NL\" class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: normal;\"\u003e“Pearl's signature complex plotting, strewn with red herrings and populated with unlikely villains, leaves readers as shocked and intrigued as the Bostonians... Pearl's first three novels – \u003ci\u003eThe Dante Club, The Poe Shadow,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Last Dickens \u003c\/i\u003e– were all \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestsellers. His latest, another literary-historical thriller, seems certain to join the elite club.” –\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp lang=\"nl-NL\" class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: normal;\"\u003e“Pearl again blends detective fiction with historical characters (such as pioneering feminist and MIT-trained scientist Ellen Swallow), and his cast reads like a who's who of nineteenth-century Boston... Great fun.” –\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e--\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eImmerse yourself in 19th-century Boston with *The Technologists*, a gripping historical thriller by Matthew Pearl – known for The Dante Club. This beautiful hardcover (first edition) tells the story of the very first MIT students, who are confronted with mysterious technological disasters threatening the city. A unique blend of history, science, and suspense.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe hardcover comes with a dust jacket (slight signs of wear) and beautiful page edges with natural discoloration. The content is completely intact and extremely neat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSPECIFICATIONS:\u003cbr\u003e• Title: The Technologists \u003cbr\u003e• Author: Matthew Pearl \u003cbr\u003e• Format: Hardcover with dust jacket \u003cbr\u003e• Edition: First Edition \u003cbr\u003e• Pages: approx. 450 \u003cbr\u003e• Year: 2012 \u003cbr\u003e• ISBN: 978-1-4000-6657-5 \u003cbr\u003e• Language: English \u003cbr\u003e• Condition: Very good, slight traces on cover\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ziggy's Warehouse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52516742365523,"sku":"AB0707005","price":19.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0986\/0412\/2451\/files\/IMG_0168.jpg?v=1772384806","url":"https:\/\/ziggyswarehouse.com\/en\/products\/the-technologists-hardcover-eerste-editie-matthew-pearl","provider":"Ziggy's Warehouse","version":"1.0","type":"link"}