S.J Parris
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Oxford University, 1583. The cloistered academic and spiritual home of the world's most revered scholars. But somewhere within the private chambers, a brutal killer lurks. Giordano Bruno - monk, scientist, philosopher, and magician - is wanted by the inquisition on charges of heresy. After years on the run, Bruno is mysteriously recruited by Queen Elizabeth I and sent to Oxford - officially, to take part in a debate; unofficially, to uncover a Catholic...
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When several of the queen's maids of honor are found dead, rumors of black magic abound. Elizabeth calls upon her personal astrologer, John Dee, and Giordano Bruno to solve the crimes. While Dee turns to a mysterious medium claiming knowledge of the murders, Bruno fears that something far more sinister is at work.
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A gripping historical thriller set in sixteenth-century England and centered on the highly secretive cult of Saint Thomas Becket, the twelfth-century archbishop murdered in Canterbury Cathedral.
London, summer of 1584: Radical philosopher, ex-monk, and spy Giordano Bruno suspects he is being followed by an old enemy. He is shocked to discover that his pursuer is in fact Sophia Underhill, a young woman with whom he was once in...
London, summer of 1584: Radical philosopher, ex-monk, and spy Giordano Bruno suspects he is being followed by an old enemy. He is shocked to discover that his pursuer is in fact Sophia Underhill, a young woman with whom he was once in...