![]() ![]() Bruno must attempt to outwit a killer who appears obsessed with the boundary between truth and heresy. ![]() As Bruno begins to discover a pattern in these killings, he realizes that no one at Oxford is who he seems to be. 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. ![]()
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