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008			140408s2010 nyu 000 f eng
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050	0	0	_aPR6113.E77 _bH47 2010
082	0	0	_aFIC PAR
100	1		_aParris, S. J. _d, 1974-
245	1	0	_aHeresy _b: a thriller _c/ S.J. Parris.
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aNew York _b: Doubleday _c, c2010.
300			_a435 p. _c; 25 cm.
520	0		_a"Giordano Bruno was a monk, poet, scientist, and magician on the run from the Roman Inquisition on charges of heresy for his belief that the Earth orbits the sun and that the universe is infinite. This alone could have got him burned at the stake, but he was also a student of occult philosophies and magic. In S. J. Parris's gripping novel, Bruno's pursuit of this rare knowledge brings him to London, where he is unexpectedly recruited by Queen Elizabeth I and is sent undercover to Oxford University on the pretext of a royal visitation. Officially Bruno is to take part in a debate on the Copernican theory of the universe; unofficially, he is to find out whatever he can about a Catholic plot to overthrow the queen. His mission is dramatically thrown off course by a series of grisly murders and a spirited and beautiful young woman. As Bruno begins to discover a pattern in these killings, he realizes that no one at Oxford is who he seems to be. Bruno must attempt to outwit a killer who appears obsessed with the boundary between truth and heresy. Like The Dante Club and The Alienist, this clever, sophisticated, exceptionally enjoyable novel is written with the unstoppable narrative propulsion and stylistic flair of the very best historical thrillers.
600	1	0	_aBruno, Giordano _d, 1548-1600 _v--Novela
650		0	_aChristian heresies _v--Fiction
650		0	_aPhilosophers _x--Fiction
651			_aItaly _v-Fiction
655		7	_aBiographical fiction
655		7	_aHistorical fiction
942			_cMO
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