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Execution: A Giordano Bruno Thriller (Giordano Bruno Mysteries) Hardcover – June 25, 2020
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England, 1586. A treasonous conspiracy . . .
Giordano Bruno, a heretic turned spy, arrives in England with shocking information for spymaster Sir Francis Walsingham. A band of Catholic Englishmen are plotting to kill Queen Elizabeth and spring Mary Queen of Scots from prison to take the English throne in her place.
A deadly trap . . .
Bruno is surprised to find that Walsingham is aware of the plot - led by the young, wealthy noble Anthony Babington - and is allowing it to progress. He hopes that Mary will put her support in writing - and condemn herself to a traitor's death.
A queen in mortal danger . . .
Bruno is tasked with going undercover to join the conspirators. Can he stop them before he is exposed? Either way a queen will die; Bruno must make sure it is the right one.
- Print length496 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherPegasus Crime
- Publication dateJune 25, 2020
- Dimensions5.5 x 1.8 x 8.25 inches
- ISBN-10164313454X
- ISBN-13978-1643134543
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"Intrigue, subterfuge, machinations and assassinations, plus power struggles between queens: sounds like a great weekend of reading right there." ― Omnivoracious's Weekend Reading, The Amazon Book Review
“Excellent. This is historical mystery fiction at its finest.” ― Publishers Weekly (starred)[praise for S. J. Parris]
“A masterful work that deserves a place on all public-library historical-fiction shelves, and that should be recommended to Phillipa Gregory fans.” ― Booklist (starred)[praise for S. J. Parris]
“Hugely enjoyable. It’s played straight, but never humourlessly so, and there’s just enough 'proper' history amid the intrigue to keep purists on side.” ― The Guardian (UK)[praise for S. J. Parris]
“One of my favorite authors, and she is unquestionably our greatest living writer of historical thrillers. Few novelists inhabit a setting - any setting - with such confidence and command; fewer still devise plots of such cunning and craft. If Hilary Mantel, John Le Carré, and Michael Connelly were to join forces, they might gift us with a novel as atmospheric, intelligent, and addictive as Treachery - or indeed any of Parris’s books featuring monk-turned-spy Giordano Bruno.” -- A. J. Finn, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Woman in the Window [praise for S. J. Parris]
“An evil bookseller and a terrifying brothel lie ahead; what’s not to like? Gripping and fun.” ― The Observer (London)[praise for S. J. Parris]
“With its twisting plot and vivid scene-setting, Treachery confirms Parris’s growing reputation as a writer of historical thrillers.” ― The Sunday Times (London)[praise for S. J. Parris]
“Parris’s Giordano Bruno series has been a joy. Her Elizabethan England is loud, pungent, and blessedly free of some of the genre’s more egregious clichés. She wears her research lightly: at home with the detail of the period, she is quite happy to engage in a little creative anachronism to bring the story home.” ― The Daily Telegraph (UK)[praise for S. J. Parris]
“There are echoes of C. J. Sansom’s here. Her prose is taut and compelling. Her wielding of the historical material is always convincing but never overwhelming.” ― The Times (London)[praise for S. J. Parris]
Giordano Bruno, the Italian philosopher-sleuth in this sumptuous series, goes undercover as a Jesuit priest to thwart the assassination plot before it can bring down the monarchy and throw the nation into anarchy.
But first, he must solve the exceptionally cruel murder of a much-loved woman whose abused body is discovered in an abandoned graveyard, “a pit of sluts, criminals and suicides.” The ferocity of that killing is fair warning of what’s ahead: scenes of prison torture (think: “strappado,” “scold’s bridle” and “the heretic’s fork”), culminating in a public execution so intense that it might cause one to toss one’s cookies. -- Marylin Stasio ― New York Times Book Review
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- Publisher : Pegasus Crime (June 25, 2020)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 496 pages
- ISBN-10 : 164313454X
- ISBN-13 : 978-1643134543
- Item Weight : 3.55 pounds
- Dimensions : 5.5 x 1.8 x 8.25 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #916,848 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #7,619 in Historical Thrillers (Books)
- #9,704 in Historical Mystery
- #13,202 in Murder Thrillers
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About the author
S.J. Parris is the pen name of Stephanie Merritt who began reviewing books for national newspapers while she was reading English literature at Queens’ College, Cambridge. After graduating, she went on to become Deputy Literary Editor of The Observer in 1999. She continues to work as a feature writer and critic for the Guardian and the Observer and from 2007-2008 she curated and produced the Talks and Debates program on issues in contemporary arts and politics at London’s Soho Theatre. She has appeared as a panelist on various Radio Four shows and on BBC2’s Newsnight Review, and is a regular chair and presenter at the Hay Festival and the National Theatre. She has been a judge for the Costa Biography Award, the Orange New Writing Award and the Perrier Comedy Award. She lives in the south of England with her son.
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In _Execution_, Bruno is brought to England in the employ of Sir Francis Walsingham, Elizabeth I's spy-master: his task to help frame the imprisioned Mary (Catholic rival to Elizabeth and threat to her position and to Protestants throughout the kingdom) as well as to learn who murdered (and mutilated) another operative of Walsingham's - her death may jeopardize an entire network of spies and informers.
It is a complicated thriller as Bruno must first work his way into he trust of those plotting against Elizabeth while simultaneously set traps to learn who the killer of Walsingham's other operative was without giving his role away, all the while attempting to lay hands on incriminating evidence against Mary. Beyond the careful plotting of the story is first-rate historical fiction, the details and minutae of place, distance, dress, social class and mixing of real historical persons with a fictional story make this a fantastic read.
Parris!! If you like historical novels set in England 500 years ago, you will love this novel.