Heresy: An Elizabethan Thriller

By S.J. Parris

Book Overview

When fugitive Italian monk Giordano Bruno--philosopher, magician, and heretical scientist--arrives in London, he's only one step ahead of the Inquisition. An undercover mission for Queen Elizabeth I and her spymaster provides added protection. Officially, Bruno is to take part in a debate on the Copernican theory of the universe at Oxford University; unofficially, he is to find out whatever he can about a Catholic plot to overthrow the queen. But when his mission is dramatically thrown off course by a series of grisly deaths and the charms of a mysterious but beautiful young woman, he realizes that somewhere within Oxford's private chambers lurks a brutal killer. . .

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0767932528
• ISBN13: 9780767932523
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.3" x 7.9"