{"product_id":"the-duke-by-matteo-melchiorre-9781068693441","title":"The Duke","description":"\u003cp\u003eLonglisted for the 2026 International Booker Prize\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOutside Vallorgana, a tiny, isolated village high in the foothills of the Dolomites, the 'duke' lives in the villa of his aristocratic ancestors. The last in the centuries-old line of the Cimamontes, he spends his days on his land and absorbed in the family archive, tolerated, if gently ridiculed, by the villagers who are his neighbours.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhen he finds out that the village big man is taking timber from his land, he has a decision to make. Will he stay in his glorious, cerebral isolation or will he honour his ancestral blood and take action against this affront?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMatteo Melchiorre's portrait of the idiosyncratic character of the duke and the world of Valorgana is a sweeping feat of literary imagination. With the pace, panorama and plot twists of a great nineteenth-century classic, the breathless story of the duke's ensuing feud unfolds, asking some big twenty-first century questions about our relationships with privilege, the past, the natural world and each other.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Matteo Melchiorre","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57018326188405,"sku":"9781068693441","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0812\/4075\/2426\/files\/9781068693441.jpg?v=1775064045","url":"https:\/\/sherlockandpages.com\/products\/the-duke-by-matteo-melchiorre-9781068693441","provider":"Sherlock \u0026 Pages","version":"1.0","type":"link"}