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Heresy parris6/1/2023 His mission is dramatically thrown off course by a series of grisly murders and a spirited and beautiful young woman. 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. 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. This alone could have got him burned at the stake, but he was also a student of occult philosophies and magic. 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. Masterfully blending true events with fiction, this blockbuster historical thriller delivers a page-turning murder mystery set on the sixteenth-century Oxford University campus.
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