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100 1 _aRowsell, Mary C.
_q(Mary Catherine),
_d1839-1921
245 1 4 _aThe silver dial, volume 1 (of 3)
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2025
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2025-06-24
508 _aSusan Skinner and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
520 _a"The silver dial, volume 1 (of 3)" by Mary C. Rowsell is a historical novel written in the late 19th century. Set in old Strassburg, it follows the gifted young mathematician Conrad Dasipodius as he takes on the rebuilding of the cathedral’s famed clock, while navigating class boundaries, civic pride, and a perilous secret. Around him orbit Sabina von Steinbach, the Burgomaster’s gentle daughter he loves; Otto von Steinbach, his vain rival; and Radegund von Steinbach, a brilliant, willful artist. Themes of ambition, love, jealousy, and the cost of genius drive this city tale of craft and conscience. The opening of the novel introduces Conrad’s rise under the mentorship of the Benedictine mechanist Chretei Herlin, the failure of Strassburg’s ancient cathedral clock, and the city’s contest to create a grand replacement. Though Herlin’s design is chosen, he soon appoints Conrad as his successor before dying, leaving the young man to lead the project. Meanwhile Conrad and Sabina fall quietly in love despite her father’s objections and Otto’s thwarted suit; they pledge to wait. Radegund’s celebrated painting hints at her fierce nature and interest in Conrad, and through the surgeon Bruno the reader learns of Conrad’s failing sight—a secret Radegund confronts him with at Herlin’s grave, driving him to despair as she vows to keep it hidden. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cLondon: Swan Sonnenschein, Le Bas & Lowrey, 1886
653 _aRomance fiction
653 _aStrasbourg (France) -- History -- 16th century -- Fiction
653 _aAstronomical clocks -- France -- Strasbourg -- Design and construction -- Fiction
856 4 _uhttps://archive.org/details/silverdial01rows
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76370
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