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Description edit
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... read more
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Characters/People edit
- Giordano Bruno: Former monk from Italy, cultured and part of the Italian envoy.
- Sophia Underhill: Young woman, disgraced by a pregnancy and birth, married off to a brutal magistrate.
- King Henri: Add a description of this character.
- Earl of Leicester
- Justice Hale
- Hermes Trismegistus
- Hugh de Wenchepe
- Hélène
- Dean Rogers
- Denis
- William of Orange
- Harry Robinson
- Francis Walsingham
- John Charlewood
- Kate Kingsley
- Jacques Fleury
- Olivier Fleury
- John Langworth
- Ezekiel Sykes
- Samuel
- Marina
- John Dee
- Charlie
- Mother Garth
- Henry Howard
- Humphrey Fitzwalter
- Mistress Blunt
- Widow Gray
- Meg Turner
- Robin Bates
- Edward Kingsley
- Tom Garth
- Geoffrey
- Earl of Arundel
- Philip Sidney
- Rebecca
- Bernadino de Mendoza
- Michel de Castelnau
- Nicholas Kingsley
- Carey Edmonton
- Matthias
- William Fitch
- Sarah Garth
Setting & Locations edit
- Canterbury
- London
- Edmonton
- Paris
- Oxford
- High Street
- West Gate
- Naples
- Rome
- Barn Elms
- Arundel
- Leicester
- Salisbury Court
First Sentence edit
I knew that I was being followed long before I saw or heard my pursuer.
Authors & Contributors edit
- S. J. Parris (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Doubleday
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2012
ISBN: 978-0-385-53547-2
Page Count: 423
Publisher: Doubleday
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2012
ISBN: 978-0-385-53547-2
Page Count: 423
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: PR6113.E77S23
- Dewey: 813.92
Subjects edit
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