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A Christmas Requiem

par S. J. Parris

Séries: Giordano Bruno (Short Story - Prequel 3)

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The perfect historical crime novella to curl up with this Christmas! From a No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author. At the heart of the Eternal City, danger hides around every corner... Rome, 1569. When novice monk Giordano Bruno is told the pope wants to see him, his first thought is that it must be a joke. The second is that it must be a trap. Young Bruno's talent for complex memory games has caught the attention of the Lord's Vicar. Summoned to Rome, the city captures Bruno's imagination, and he soon slips away from his suspicious, austere host Fra Agostino da Montalcino, drawn instead to more glamorous, sophisticated companions. But accusations of heresy are only ever a whisper away, and Rome is a city of intrigue, trickery and blood. Bruno soon realises he will be lucky to escape the Eternal City alive. Please note that this story, along with two other Giordano Bruno novellas, will be published as a 3-in-1 collection called The Dead of Winter, coming out in Hardback, ebook and audio in November 2020. Praise for S.J. Parris 'A delicious blend of history and thriller' The Times 'An omnipresent sense of danger' Daily Mail 'Colourful characters, fast-moving plots and a world where one false step in religion or politics can mean a grisly death' Sunday Times 'Pacy, intricate, and thrilling... Full of historical detail and rich with atmosphere' Observer 'Twists and turns like a corkscrew of venomous snakes' Stuart MacBride 'Impossible to resist' Daily Telegraph 'It has everything - intrigue, mystery and excellent history' Kate Mosse 'Parris writes with confident ease of Tudor London' The Times 'Full of surprises' TLS… (plus d'informations)
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This is the third novella S J Parris has written about the young life of Giordano Bruno, who is the subject of her main series of six (so far) murder mysteries featuring the adult monk sleuthing mostly in England, working for Sir Francis Walsingham. Here Bruno is a 21 year old novice, challenging the authority of his prior and often sailing close to the wind. He is summoned to Rome (at Christmas, though this has no relevance to the plot) to demonstrate his memory system to the ultra-heresy hunting pope Pius V and manages to fall foul of him and another ultra-conservative cardinal, as well as incurring the wrath of an aristocratic lady by refusing her sexual advances. It is as well written as ever, and the descriptions of Rome are very evocative, especially those of the then recently painted frescoes of the Sistine chapel ceilings. ( )
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The perfect historical crime novella to curl up with this Christmas! From a No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author. At the heart of the Eternal City, danger hides around every corner... Rome, 1569. When novice monk Giordano Bruno is told the pope wants to see him, his first thought is that it must be a joke. The second is that it must be a trap. Young Bruno's talent for complex memory games has caught the attention of the Lord's Vicar. Summoned to Rome, the city captures Bruno's imagination, and he soon slips away from his suspicious, austere host Fra Agostino da Montalcino, drawn instead to more glamorous, sophisticated companions. But accusations of heresy are only ever a whisper away, and Rome is a city of intrigue, trickery and blood. Bruno soon realises he will be lucky to escape the Eternal City alive. Please note that this story, along with two other Giordano Bruno novellas, will be published as a 3-in-1 collection called The Dead of Winter, coming out in Hardback, ebook and audio in November 2020. Praise for S.J. Parris 'A delicious blend of history and thriller' The Times 'An omnipresent sense of danger' Daily Mail 'Colourful characters, fast-moving plots and a world where one false step in religion or politics can mean a grisly death' Sunday Times 'Pacy, intricate, and thrilling... Full of historical detail and rich with atmosphere' Observer 'Twists and turns like a corkscrew of venomous snakes' Stuart MacBride 'Impossible to resist' Daily Telegraph 'It has everything - intrigue, mystery and excellent history' Kate Mosse 'Parris writes with confident ease of Tudor London' The Times 'Full of surprises' TLS

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