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LightningLightning

Lightning

Jean Echenoz

3.0(1)on Hardcover

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A fictional portrait of Nikola Tesla. Traces the notable career of Gregor, a precocious young engineer from Eastern Europe, who travels across the Atlantic to work alongside Thomas Edison, with whom he later holds a long-lasting rivalry.

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OL Work ID
OL16013910W

Subjects

HistoryFictionElectrical engineeringInventionsEccentrics and eccentricitiesEuropeansElectrical engineersInventorsBiographical fictionFiction, historicalFiction, biographicalUnited states, fiction

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