''Lord Mord'' is a Czech
historical novel, written by
Miloš Urban
Miloš Urban (born 4 October 1967 in Sokolov, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech novelist and horror writer, known as the "dark knight of Czech literature". He is best known for his 1999 novel '' Sedmikostelí'', a Gothic crime horror set in Prague, w ...
. It was first published in 2008.
The book is set in
Prague
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in the late 1800s, a time of social upheaval.
Reception
Petr Nagy of iLiteratura praised the book, recognizing the author's comfort with the genre, and sincere interest in the setting.
Notimex
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called the story a classic of the author's.
concluded, "A dizzying cocktail of mystery, murder and Gothic romance, Lord Mord is more than worthy of an author who has been dubbed ‘the dark knight of Czech literature’."
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2008 Czech novels
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