Heresy

by S.J. Parris | Mystery & Thrillers |
ISBN: 038553129X Global Overview for this book
Registered by gypsysmom of Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada on 12/20/2018
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Journal Entry 1 by gypsysmom from Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada on Thursday, December 20, 2018
I’ve been putting off reading this book because it is over 600 pages long. The last book I read that was that long took me over 2 weeks to finish. Not so this one; three days was all it took. Mind you I was away from home with little in the way of distractions except gorgeous scenery and interesting birds and my husband so I maybe had a little more time to read than usual. However it seemed to me that it was a very quick read; that could have something to do with the subtitle which says “An Historical Thriller”.
The year is 1583. Elizabeth I is the ruler of England and Catholicism is banned. Enter Giordano Bruno who was excommunicated from the Catholic church for daring to try to understand the secrets of the universe. Since he fled Italy he has taught and studied in France where he came to the attention and favour of King Henri. Recently he left France to try his fortunes in England. An old friend recommended him to Elizabeth’s spymaster Sir Francis Walsingham and now Bruno is on his way to Oxford to try to sniff out Catholics who may be plotting to overthrow the Queen. Ostensibly he is accompanying a royal guest and debating the question of whether the sun revolves around the earth or the earth revolves around the sun (which Bruno believes). His debating opponent is Rector Underhill of Lincoln College and it is in Lincoln College that Bruno resides. The first night he meets Sophia Underhill the Rector’s daughter who has been educated unlike most gentlewomen of the time. Sophia is also lovely and Bruno is soon smitten with her. However soon he has other things to concern himself with as a professor of the college is horribly killed the next morning. Bruno was one of the first to witness the corpse and he agreed to help in the investigation because Rector Underhill didn’t want to involve the authorities in college affairs. Bodies start to pile up in the College and it becomes clear that each person slain has been made to appear like one of the martyrs depicted in Foxxe’s Book of Martyrs which is Rector Underhill’s special field of study. So is the college under attack or Underhill himself or is there some other purpose for the deaths? It is all revealed by the end.
Here is a fine book for fans of C. J. Sansome’s Shardlake series or Ariana Franklin’s Mistress of the Art of Death series. And it appears there is another book to follow.

Journal Entry 2 by gypsysmom at Starbuck Post Office in Starbuck, Manitoba Canada on Saturday, January 12, 2019

Released 5 yrs ago (1/12/2019 UTC) at Starbuck Post Office in Starbuck, Manitoba Canada

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