The Heresy of Dr Dee - Brossura

Rickman, Phil

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ISBN 10: 0857897705 ISBN 13: 9780857897701

Casa editrice: Atlantic Books, 2013

Riassunto

Tudor intrigue, murder, and the dark arts—the second in a stunning and acclaimed historical series starring Dr. John Dee, perfect for fans of C. J. Sansom

All talk is of the End-time, and the dead are rising. At the end of the sunless summer of 1560, black rumor shrouds the death of the one woman who stands between Lord Robert Dudley and marriage to the young Queen Elizabeth. Did Dudley's wife, Amy, die from an accidental fall in a deserted house, or was it murder? Even Dr. John Dee, astrologer royal, adviser on the Hidden, and one of Dudley's oldest friends, is uncertain. Then a rash promise to the Queen sends him to his family's old home on the Welsh Border in pursuit of the Wigmore Shewstone, a crystal credited with supernatural properties. With Dee goes Robert Dudley, considered the most hated man in England. They travel with a London judge sent to try a sinister Welsh brigand with a legacy dating back to the Battle of Brynglas. After the battle, many of the English bodies were, according to legend, obscenely mutilated. Now, on the same haunted hill, another dead man has been found, similarly slashed. Devious politics, small-town corruption, twisted religion, and a brooding superstition leave John Dee isolated in the land of his father.

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Recensione

"For those of us waiting with bated breath for the next installment in C. J. Sansom's marvelous Matthew Shardlake murder mysteries set in Tudor England, heed my words: Phil Rickman and his John Dee have arrived! . . . The novel chills, thrills and satisfies, providing good history, great plot, and fascinating characters. . . . "The Bones of Avalon" is a fabulous read and John Dee is a marvelous addition to the world of Tudor intrigue." --Huffington Post on The Bones of Avalon

"He's done it again, with his usual sense of permeating atmosphere, with vivid characters in a complex plot that grows through the bones of history like a deadly nightshade." Diana Gabaldon, author, "Outlander," on "The Bones of Avalon"" --Diana Gabaldon, author, Outlander, on The Bones of Avalon

L'autore

Phil Rickman is the author of the Merrily Watkins Mystery series and one previous title in the Dr Dee series,The Bones of Avalon.

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• Editore: Atlantic Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0857897705
• ISBN 13: 9780857897701
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 446