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...
Sacrilege touches base on a world of opposing moral and lawful difficulty in the small town of Canterbury where words of gossip travel faster than the speed of light. Characters throughout the book are often deadlocked into telling the truth or hiding dark secrets purely out of fear. Each action is ...
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...
I'll preface this review by saying I won this book in the Goodreads Giveaway but I have in no way been compensated for this review. Here we go. Excellent historical mystery. It stayed away from getting bound up in the intricacies of the religious politics of the time and just allowed the reader e...
This is a beautifully written, historical fiction thriller that takes place during the rule of Queen Elizabeth and in her court. If you are a fan of this era and know a bit about the whispers of occult and astrology that occurred during her reign, you are really going to enjoy this story of conspir...
This is an historical novel, taking place in the 1500’s, during the time of the rivalry between Mary Stewart, Queen of Scots, and Elizabeth Tudor, Queen of England, for their rightful place on the throne. To protect her family’s right to rule England, and prevent Mary, from ascending to the throne n...
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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