{"product_id":"9781552452943","title":"The Stonehenge Letters","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhile researching why Freud failed to win a Nobel Prize at the Nobel Archives in Sweden, a psychiatrist makes an unusual discovery. Among the piles of papers in the 'Crackpot' file are letters addressed to the executor of Alfred Nobel's will, written by several notable Nobel laureates — including Rudyard Kipling and Marie Curie — each offering an explanation of why and how Stonehenge was constructed. Diligent research uncovers that Alfred Nobel added a secret codicil to his will, a prize for the Nobel laureate who solves the mystery of Stonehenge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWeaving together a wealth of primary sources — photos, letters, wills — \u003ci\u003eThe Stonehenge Letters\u003c\/i\u003e tells the tale of a fascinating secret competition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Stonehenge Letters\u003c\/i\u003e :\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'This little novel is a delight from its first word to its last. \u003ci\u003eThe Stonehenge Letters\u003c\/i\u003e is by turns thoughtful, whimsical, haunting and laugh-out-loud funny. Reading this book was like skating over the smoothest ice; I was blissfully unaware of the transition from history to fiction and back again'\u003cbr\u003e— Annabel Lyon, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Sweet Girl\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'In his alarmingly smart and dangerously absorbing Freud-tinged romance\/detective story, Harry Karlinsky deploys explosions, earthworms, radioactive particles and a passel of Nobel laureates to reinvent history in the golden age of invention.'\u003cbr\u003e— Zsuzsi Gartner, author of \u003ci\u003eBetter Living Through Plastic Explosives\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Coach House Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47035594473712,"sku":"9781552452943","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781552452943_p0.jpg?v=1763751610","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781552452943","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}