Heresy (Giordano Bruno #1)
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.
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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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780007317707 (0007317700)
Publish date: March 1st 2011
Publisher: Harper
Pages no: 474
Edition language: English
Category:
European Literature,
British Literature,
Cultural,
Italy,
Adult Fiction,
Historical Fiction,
Mystery,
Religion,
Historical Mystery,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
Crime
Series: Giordano Bruno (#1)
Giordano Bruno (1548 – February 17, 1600) was an eminent Italian philosopher, mathematician, poet, and cosmological scientist, whose theories extended the then-novel Copernican model. Bruno proposed that the stars were just distant suns surrounded by their own exoplanets and raised the possibility t...
Elizabethan murder mystery in Oxford featuring Giordano Bruno as an investigator working for Walshingham. Also features Philip Sidney.
As a child growing up, I used to read the encyclopedia at the breakfast table. and read under the covers with a flashlight. If you love books, you know the feeling. So it's easy to like a monk who gets caught reading a banned book in an outhouse at a monastery. Giordano Bruno is caught in an outhous...
2.5I greatly enjoyed first half of the book but in the middle I got bored and lost interest. I'm not sure why as the writing didn't get worse. Could be because I was shipping like mad Thomas/Gabriel despite there were no hints of romance between these two. Or was it because I guessed who is the kill...
Wow, this was really boring. I found myself tuning it out in several places and had to rewind to listen again. I was expecting much more intrigue and mystery. I'm not even sure how the main character figured out the solution. While the historical aspects of the book were mildly interesting, I ju...
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