Rich in both historical detail and ingenious twists, S J Parris has created a character in Giordano Bruno that will endure. The beginning of a wonderful new detective series' Kate Mosse 'Fascinating ! The period is incredibly vivid and the story utterly gripping' Conn Iggulden (bestselling author of Bones of the Hills and The Dangerous Book for Boys) 'Heresy is a riveting read.
'Heresy has everything - intrigue, mystery, excellent history and haunting sense of place. And what he finds makes it brutally clear that the Tudor throne itself is at stake. When a series of hideous murders ruptures close-knit college life, Bruno is compelled to investigate. But he has his own secret mission at the University - one that must remain hidden at all costs. His latest recruit is Giordano Bruno, a radical thinker fleeing the Inquisition, who is sent undercover to Oxford to expose a Catholic conspiracy. Defending the realm through his network of agents, the Queen's spymaster Sir Francis Walsingham works tirelessly to hunt down all traitors.
England is rife with plots to assassinate Queen Elizabeth and return the country to the Catholic faith. In Elizabeth's England, true faith can mean bloody murder.OXFORD, 1583. A vivid and gripping historical thriller set in Elizabethan England introducing Giordano Bruno, philosopher, scientist and spy for all fans of C.J.Sansom and The Name of the Rose.
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