Book description
An epic story spanning two continents and six centuries, The Love
of Stones follows three very different people, each in their own way
consumed by a desire that borders on obsession. Their quest is for the
Three Brethren, a legendary jewel that casts a shadow over all that
come in contact with it . . . 'A master of the historical thriller.'
Adam Mars-Jones, Observer
Tobias Hill was born in London. In 2003 the TLS nominated him as one
the best young writers in Britain: in 2004 he was selected as one of the
country's Next Generation poets and shortlisted for the Sunday Times
Young Writer of the Year. His collection of stories, Skin, won the
Pen-Macmillan Prize for Fiction and was shortlisted for the John
Llewellyn Rhys/Mail on Sunday Prize. The Cryptographer, his third novel,
led AS Byatt to observe that 'Hill is one of the two or three most
original and interesting young novelists working in Britain today.' His
fourth novel, The Hidden, was published in 2009 to great critical
acclaim.
