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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Fiction, Thriller, Historical fiction, England 1583, under the reign of Queen Elizabeth, The philosopher Giordano Bruno and a killer at Oxford University, First published, under the title: "Heresy", by Harper Collins, London, March 5 2010, 460 pp., First Italian edition, under the title: "Il circolo degli eretici", Sperling & Kupfer, Milano, 2010, translated by Alfredo Colitto, 472 pp., S. J. Parris is the pseudonym of Stephanie Merritt, l'autrice scrive bene, la sua prosa è elaborata e intrigante, ma il libro si trascina troppo a lungo, con un centinaio di pagine di meno, sarebbe stato molto migliore ( )
"On the whole, though, Heresy is fascinatingly sincere, with no higher aim than to be as good an example of its type as it can." "Parris, an economical writer, keeps the mysticism in check as she portrays Bruno, with his sly, agile intelligence, encountering the dark, introverted world of Oxford, where fear and suspicion prevail." "Spirited storytelling, an appealing sleuth and a cool, mutilated villain will lead readers to hope this is the launch of a series." Appartiene alle SerieGiordano Bruno (1) Premi e riconoscimentiMenzioni
Fiction.
Mystery.
Thriller.
Historical Fiction.
HTML:Masterfully blending true events with fiction, this blockbuster historical thriller delivers a page-turning murder mystery set on the sixteenth-century Oxford University campus.Giordano Bruno was a monk, poet, scientist, and magician on the run from the Roman Inquisition on charges of heresy for his belief that the Earth orbits the sun and that the universe is infinite. This alone could have got him burned at the stake, but he was also a student of occult philosophies and magic. In S. J. Parris's gripping novel, Bruno's pursuit of this rare knowledge brings him to London, where he is unexpectedly recruited by Queen Elizabeth I and is sent undercover to Oxford University on the pretext of a royal visitation. Officially Bruno is to take part in a debate on the Copernican theory of the universe; unofficially, he is to find out whatever he can about a Catholic plot to overthrow the queen. His mission is dramatically thrown off course by a series of grisly murders and a spirited and beautiful young woman. As Bruno begins to discover a pattern in these killings, he realizes that no one at Oxford is who he seems to be. Bruno must attempt to outwit a killer who appears obsessed with the boundary between truth and heresy. Like The Dante Club and The Alienist, this clever, sophisticated, exceptionally enjoyable novel is written with the unstoppable narrative propulsion and stylistic flair of the very best historical thrillers. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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