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Sacrilege : a thriller

Summer, 1584: Fear grips the streets of London as rumours of a plague ship docked on the Thames sweep through the city. The Protestant Prince William of Orange has just been assassinated by a fanatical Catholic and there are whispers Queen Elizabeth will be next. Meanwhile in Canterbury, a prominent magistrate with links to the shady Cathedral Foundation has been murdered. Sir Francis Walsingham, spymaster to the Queen, has long suspected an undercurrent of Catholic resistance in the city that was once England's greatest centre of pilgrimage. He calls Giordano Bruno, his maverick secret agent, away from his post at the French embassy to investigate.

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  • "Summer, 1584: Fear grips the streets of London as rumours of a plague ship docked on the Thames sweep through the city. The Protestant Prince William of Orange has just been assassinated by a fanatical Catholic and there are whispers Queen Elizabeth will be next. Meanwhile in Canterbury, a prominent magistrate with links to the shady Cathedral Foundation has been murdered. Sir Francis Walsingham, spymaster to the Queen, has long suspected an undercurrent of Catholic resistance in the city that was once England's greatest centre of pilgrimage. He calls Giordano Bruno, his maverick secret agent, away from his post at the French embassy to investigate."@en
  • "Profanacja zachwyci fanów twórczosci C.J. Sansoma oraz powiesci "Imie rózy". To trzeci z serii thriller historyczny z Giordanem Bruno - heretykiem, filozofem i detektywem - w roli glównej. Gdy celem jest wladza, nic po drodze nie jest swiete... Anglia, lato 1584 roku. Protestancki ksiaze William zostaje zamordowany przez fanatycznego katolika, a po królestwie zaczyna krazyc pogloska, ze jego nastepna ofiara moze byc nawet królowa Elzbieta. Na ulicach Londynu zapanowal strach. Tymczasem do Giordana Bruna zglasza sie jego dawna milosc, Sophia Underhill, podejrzewana o zamordowanie meza. Twierdzi, ze jest niewinna i prosi o pomoc w odnalezieniu prawdziwego zabójcy i oczyszczeniu jej z zarzutów. Bruno ulega tym prosbom i decyduje sie na wyjazd do Canterbury. W miescie, które jest osrodkiem kultu katolickiego swietego, Tomasza Becketta, i które sympatyzuje z Liga Katolicka, trafia na trop spisku majacego na celu przygotowanie inwazji wojsk hiszpanskich i francuskich na Anglie. Prowadzone sledztwa komplikuja sie, gdy Bruno zostaje oskarzony o morderstwo miejscowego aptekarza. Jesli szybko nie zdemaskuje spiskowców i nie odkryje, kto zabil meza Sophii, on i dziewczyna zostana powieszeni. Tymczasem okazuje sie, ze Sophia nie jest tak niewinna, jak sie wydawalo, a przeciez Bruno zaufal jej, powierzajac na czas rozprawy swój skarb: odnalezione przypadkiem w Canterbury dzielo Hermesa Trisemgistusa, zawierajace zagadke niesmiertelnosci."
  • "In het Canterbury van de 16e eeuw onderzoekt Giordano Bruno, een voormalige monnik en filosoof, de moord op een katholieke rechter."
  • "Summer, 1584. Sir Francis Walsingham, spymaster to Queen Elizabeth, has long suspected an undercurrent of Catholic resistance in the city that was once England's greatest centre of pilgrimage. He calls Giordano Bruno, his maverick secret agent, away from his post at the French Embassy to investigate. But when Bruno arrives in Canterbury, he has no idea of the dark secrets he's about to uncover. He must turn his detective's eye on history--on Saint Thomas Becket, the twelfth-century archbishop murdered in Canterbury Cathedral, and on the legend surrounding the disappearance of his body--in order to solve the crime."@en
  • "Summer, 1584. Sir Francis Walsingham, spymaster to Queen Elizabeth, has long suspected an undercurrent of Catholic resistance in the city that was once England's greatest centre of pilgrimage. He calls Giordano Bruno, his maverick secret agent, away from his post at the French Embassy to investigate. But when Bruno arrives in Canterbury, he has no idea of the dark secrets he's about to uncover. He must turn his detective's eye on history--on Saint Thomas Becket, the twelfth-century archbishop murdered in Canterbury Cathedral, and on the legend surrounding the disappearance of his body--in order to solve the crime."
  • "London, summer of 1584: Radical philosopher, ex-monk, and spy Giordano Bruno suspects he is being followed by an old enemy. He is shocked to discover that his pursuer is in fact Sophia Underhill, a young woman with whom he was once in love. When Bruno learns that Sophia has been accused of murdering her husband, a prominent magistrate in Canterbury, he agrees to do anything he can to help clear her name. In the city that was once England's greatest center of pilgrimage, Bruno begins to uncover unsuspected secrets that point to the dead man being part of a larger and more dangerous plot in the making. He must turn his detective's eye on history--on Saint Thomas Becket, the twelfth-century archbishop murdered in Canterbury Cathedral, and on the legend surrounding the disappearance of his body--in order to solve the crime."
  • "Spy and Espionage. Crime and Detective. Perfect for fans of C.J. Sansom and The Name of the Rose, the third historical thriller featuring Giordano Bruno, heretic, philosopher and spy. In the pursuit of power, nothing is sacred. Summer, 1584. The Protestant Prince William of Orange has been assassinated by a fanatical Catholic, and there are whispers that Queen Elizabeth will be next. Fear haunts the streets of London, and plague is driving many citizens away. Giordano Bruno, radical philosopher and spy, chooses to remain, only to find that someone is following him through the city. Confronting his stalker, he realizes it is the woman he once loved--she is on the run, having been accused of murder. Bruno travels to Canterbury to help clear her name, and also on behalf of Sir Francis Walsingham. The Queen's spymaster has long suspected Catholic influence in the ancient centre of pilgrimage, and instructs Bruno to work to expose any enemy plots. As Bruno begins his hunt for the real killer, he is drawn into the heart of a sinister conspiracy hiding in the shadow of England's holiest shrine."@en
  • ""London, summer of 1584: Radical philosopher, ex-monk, and spy Giordano Bruno suspects he is being followed by an old enemy. He is shocked to discover that his pursuer is in fact Sophia Underhill, a young woman with whom he was once in love. When Bruno learns that Sophia has been accused of murdering her husband, a prominent magistrate in Canterbury, he agrees to do anything he can to help clear her name. In the city that was once England's greatest center of pilgrimage, Bruno begins to uncover unsuspected secrets that point to the dead man being part of a larger and more dangerous plot in the making. He must turn his detective's eye on history$1 (Bon Saint Thomas Becket, the twelfth-century archbishop murdered in Canterbury Cathedral, and on the legend surrounding the disappearance of his body$1 (Bin order to solve the crime."s."

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  • "Mystery fiction"@en
  • "Mystery fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Literatura grozy angielska"@pl
  • "Historical fiction"@en
  • "Historical fiction"
  • "Suspense fiction"@en
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "History"@en
  • "History"
  • "Historische Kriminalromane"

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  • "Sacrilege : a thriller"@en
  • "Sacrilege : a thriller"
  • "Profanacja"
  • "Profanacja"@pl
  • "Sacrilège"
  • "Sacrilege : a novel"
  • "Sacrilege : [in the pursuit of power, nothing is sacred...]"
  • "Sacrilege a thriller"
  • "Sacrilege"@en
  • "Sacrilege"
  • "Das letzte Sakrileg Roman"

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