Lord Mord

Lord Mord is a Czech historical novel, written by Miloš Urban. It was first published in 2008.{{cite web |title=Lord Mord |url=https://www.czechlit.cz/en/book/lord-mord-en-2/ |access-date=2023-07-31 |website=CzechLit}}{{cite web |date=2008-11-27 |title=Miloš Urban vydává Lorda Morda, horor ze starého Josefova |url=https://www.idnes.cz/kultura/literatura/milos-urban-vydava-lorda-morda-horor-ze-stareho-josefova.A081126_183515_literatura_kot |access-date=2023-07-31 |website=iDNES.cz |language=cs}}

The book is set in Prague 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.{{cite web| url = https://www.iliteratura.cz/clanek/23799-urban-milos-lord-mord-1| first = Petr| last = Nagy| title = Lord Mord| date = 2009-02-13| website = iLiteratura.cz| access-date = 2023-07-24}} Notimex called the story a classic of the author's.{{cite news

| date = Jan 22, 2010

| title = Historias en papel

| work = Notimex

| location = Mexico City

| quote = Es una historia muy al clásico estilo de Urban.

}}

CzechLit 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’."{{Cite web |title=Lord Mord |url=https://www.czechlit.cz/en/book/lord-mord-en/ |access-date=2023-07-31 |website=CzechLit}}

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