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Sto caricando le informazioni... Religion (2006)di Tim Willocks
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Dejli telegraf je za prvi roman ovog autora, koji se pojavio 1994. godine, napisao da je najbolji triler otkad su se pojavili „Kad jaganjci utihnu”. Ovo je još jedan mračan istorijski roman epskih razmera. Toliko dinamičan da čitalac mora da ga pročita u dahu. Priča počinje u maju 1565. godine. Otomanski sultan Sulejman Veličanstveni objavio je džihad vitezovima reda svetog Jovana Krstitelja. Najveća armada u istoriji sveta približava se hrišćanskom uporištu vitezova na Malti. Turci vitezove nazivaju Psima pakla. Sami vitezovi sebe zovu Religijom. Francuska grofica Karla le Penotije želi da sa Sicilije dođe na Maltu u potrazi za sinom, kog su joj oduzeli odmah po rođenju, dvanaest godina ranije. Jedini čovek dovoljno vešt i smeo da joj pomogne je rableovski najamnik, stameni saksonski pustolov Matijas Tanhauzer. On pristaje da pođe sa gospom na Maltu, gde, usred najmukotrpnije i najspektakularnije opsade u vojnoj istoriji, moraju da pronađu dečaka i izbave ga iz čeljusti svetog rata. Tim Viloks gradi svet iz koga se ne možete otrgnuti, spajajući strogu istorijsku preciznost Barbare Takman iz „Dalekog ogledala” sa literarnim genijem koji je Umberto Eko pokazao u delu „Ime ruže”. Appartiene alle SerieTannhauser Trilogy (Book 1) Premi e riconoscimenti
May 1565. Suleiman the Magnificent, emperor of the Ottomans, has declared a jihad against the Knights of Saint John the Baptist. The largest armada of all time approaches the Knights' Christian stronghold on the island of Malta. The Turks know the Knights as the "The Hounds of Hell." The Knights call themselves "The Religion." In Messina, Sicily, a French countess, Carla la Penautier, seeks a passage to Malta in a quest to find the son taken from her at his birth twelve years ago. The only man with the expertise and daring to help her is a Rabelaisian soldier of fortune, arms dealer, former janissary, and strapping Saxon adventurer by the name of Mattias Tannhauser. He agrees to accompany the lady to Malta, where, amidst the most spectacular siege in military history, they must try to find the boy - whose name they do not know and whose face they have never seen - and pluck him from the jaws of Holy War. The Religion is Book One of The Tannhauser Triology, and from the first page of this epic account of the last great medieval conflict between East and West, it is clear we are in the hands of a master. Not since James Clavell has a novelist so powerfully and assuredly plunged readers headlong into another place and time. Anne Rice transformed the vampire novel. Stephen King reinvented horror. Now, in a spectacular tale of heroism, tragedy, and passion, Tim Willocks revivifies historical fiction. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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 Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni...GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999Classificazione LCVotoMedia: (3.88)
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Nous sommes en 1565, à Malte assiégée par les Turcs. Derrière les remparts, les croisés de l'ordre des Hospitaliers et leur chef, Jean Parisot de La Valette, secondés par un certain Matthias Tannhauser, ancien janissaire du sultan. La bataille peut commencer. Elle va durer quasiment 1 000 pages. Entremêlant choc des civilisations et rapprochement des coeurs - avec la belle comtesse Carla... -, Tim Willocks, l'auteur de Bad City Blues (adapté au cinéma par Dennis Hopper) réussit un tour de force : bâtir un univers sur un confetti méditerranéen.
—L'Express