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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External links
- {{cite web|url=http://www.muzeumkarlovamostu.cz/akce/muzeu/milos-urban-lord-mord/|title=Miloš Urban, Lord Mord|date=2009-01-14|publisher=Muzeum Karlova mostu|language=Czech|accessdate=1 March 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090426141607/http://www.muzeumkarlovamostu.cz/akce/muzeu/milos-urban-lord-mord/|archivedate=26 April 2009}}
- {{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}}
- {{Cite web |date=2019-07-22 |title=Miloš Urban: Jsem smířen s tím, že už nikdy nic nenapíšu |url=https://vltava.rozhlas.cz/milos-urban-jsem-smiren-s-tim-ze-uz-nikdy-nic-nenapisu-7956725 |access-date=2023-07-31 |website=Vltava |language=cs}}
- {{Cite news |last=Pospíšilová |first=Lenka |date=2019-04-25 |title=Miloš Urban bude číst v knihovně |language=cs |work=Táborský deník |url=https://taborsky.denik.cz/zpravy_region/milos-urban-bude-cist-v-knihovne-20190425.html |access-date=2023-07-31}}
- {{Cite web |date=2015-11-09 |title=Wydawnictwo Książkowe Klimaty: Na południe od granicy... |url=https://gazetawroclawska.pl/wydawnictwo-ksiazkowe-klimaty-na-poludnie-od-granicy/ar/9071839 |access-date=2023-07-31 |website=Gazeta Wrocławska |language=pl}}
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