The Hermetica of Elysium (The Elysium Texts Series, #1)
Annmarie Banks,NOOK Book (eBook),Series: Elysium Texts 1, English-language edition,Pub by Knox Robinson Publishing
Annmarie Banks,NOOK Book (eBook),Series: Elysium Texts 1, English-language edition,Pub by Knox Robinson Publishing
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Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781908483089 (1908483083)
Publish date: 2011
Publisher: Robinson
Pages no: 368
Edition language: English
Series: The Elysium Texts (#1)
Love Kimberlee's name. (;So yes that alone has enticed me into reading this.
I really enjoyed this novel. I got sucked right into Nadira's story and didn't want to put it down. It is set during the Spanish Inquisition and the reign of Pope Alexander VI (Rodrigo Borgia). Nadira is a slave who manages the accounts and correspondence for her master, the spice merchant when the ...
Fifteenth century Europe saw the beginning of the Inquisition, the rise of the Borgias (Rodrigo Borgia or Pope Alexander IX, father to the infamous Lucrezia), and the fictional quest into the hidden meaning of a very special book, a Hermetica. Nadira, a servant girl in Spain, is the key to this book...
What I liked:- The subject matter - it is about a hermetical book for heavens’ sake!!! A very old book from Egypt, written in several languages, most probably an ancient text, coveted by many alchemists! How not to adore such a premise? It reminded me of The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco,...
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