{"product_id":"9783743811164","title":"Passage to the Past","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt’s strange how the disparate, the improbable and the impossible sometimes interweave.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA fresh dead body in a centuries-old military uniform which can’t be explained.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA former USAF fighter pilot researching in Canada for his PhD at Columbia University. Historic Fortress Louisbourg in Nova Scotia, faithfully rebuilt in every detail, and staffed with re-enactors playing the parts of the original 1745 inhabitants.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA beautiful but mysterious young lady from Saint-Malo, France, who speaks with ancient idioms - but disappears every night when the fortress closes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt all impacts in a hazardous time warp between eras when the 21st century collides with the 18th through an epoch-suspended doorway. Harrowing war-time Atlantic crossings in ancient sailing ships; venerable Saint-Malo; modern medicine taken to the past; assassins; the revered philosopher Voltaire; a desperate need for an aircraft back in 1755, but that’s impossible ...?  All surrounded by a timeless love story. The past may give birth to the future, but the future holds her secrets from the past - until someone carries them back - through a mystical doorway which is a passage to the past..\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BookRix","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47138331427056,"sku":"9783743811164","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9783743811164_p0.jpg?v=1763681960","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9783743811164","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}