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Sacrilege: A Novel (Giordano Bruno #3)

by S.J. Parris, John Lee (Narrator), John Lee (Reading)

3.85 of 5 stars 3.85 · rating details · 601 ratings · 133 reviews

A gripping historical thriller set in sixteenth-century England and centered on the highly secretive cult of Saint Thomas Becket, the twelfth-century archbishop murdered in Canterbury Cathedral.

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 S...more

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Mar 27, 2013 Christie rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I love Sacrilege! If you try it, you'll like it too! Sacrilege is fun for the whole family.

Okay, I'm done now. But seriously folks, it is an excellent read. S.J. Parris is the pen name for Stephanie Merritt, a British journalist and author of two previous novels in the series, Heresy and Prophecy.

I had the opportunity to talk with her when she was visiting Toronto recently, and she spoke about writing when your child is on vacation (tricky), researching the Elizabethan era (fascinating), and how...more

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Aug 14, 2012 John Lee rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Seeing this book on the library shelf recently, I grabbed it. I was sure that I was awaiting this further episode into Elizabethan England with Doctor Bruno. I have now looked back through my logs and see that I have indeed read Heresy but not Prophecy. A shame as I like to try to read books in the order in which they are written. Perhaps this explains why I couldnt remember the detail of several references back to previous encounters in Sacrilege.
I still enjoyed the read but the more I read abo...more

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Jul 29, 2012 Danuta rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

The Tudor dynasty of late medieval England is popular with novelists across the range: from the ‘literary’ end of the market - Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall; to popular romance: Phillipa Gregory’s The Other Boleyn Girl; to children’s novels: Julia Jarman’s The Time Travelling Cat and the Tudor Treasure. The Tudor period was marked by conflict, religious turmoil and brutal and bloody regimes. It therefore offers great scope for writers of crime fiction, as the success of S J Sansom and Rory Clements...more The Tudor dynasty of late medieval England is popular with novelists across the range: from the ‘literary’ end of the market - Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall; to popular romance: Phillipa Gregory’s The Other Boleyn Girl; to children’s novels: Julia Jarman’s The Time Travelling Cat and the Tudor Treasure. The Tudor period was marked by conflict, religious turmoil and brutal and bloody regimes. It therefore offers great scope for writers of crime fiction, as the success of S J Sansom and Rory Clements demonstrates.
S J Parris is another crime writer exploring this period. Sacrilege is the third book in her Giordano Bruno series, set in the England of Elizabeth Tudor. Bruno is an Italian refugee from the continental inquisition, an apostate monk who has come to England to live in its more enlightened (for the period) climate. He is a spy for Sir Frances Walsingham, Principal Secretary to Elizabeth I. Parris has thus placed her protagonist at the centre of the political and religious intrigues of Elizabethan times.
Parris, in her previous novels, confronts real historical events: the Babington plot, and the attempts by the Howard family to put the Catholic Mary Stuart, Queen of Scotland on the English throne. Sacrilege is based on more personal events for Bruno: Sophia Underhill, a woman who appears in the first Bruno novel, Heresy, returns to his life. Sophia is now a widow in flight from the charge that she murdered her brutal husband.
Bruno travels to Canterbury, the scene of the murder and also the site of the murder of Thomas Becket, a Catholic martyr from the time of the Plantagenet dynasty, to try and solve the murder and save Sophia from trial, the inevitable verdict of guilt, and execution by burning. Disguised as a man, Sophia travels with him, and Bruno has to hide her with sympathisers in Canterbury where she is in grave danger of being recognised.
So far, so good. However, the book contains some significant weaknesses. The plot is over-complicated, with conspiracy, child murder and treachery all coming together in a complex strand that is not completely unravelled, and relies on the coincidental juxtaposition of crimes that allows Bruno to reveal a conspiracy at the same time as solving the murder he has come to Canterbury to investigate. Sophia travels with Bruno, but vanishes from the plot, apart from occasional references to the importance of secrecy, until she is needed again for plot development. This results in a slowing down of the action that makes the novel sag in places.
Writers of historical fiction have the problem of recreating the ‘voice’ of the time, while making their characters’ words accessible to modern readers. Putting modern English in their mouths is acceptable – after all, this is what they were speaking: the contemporary language of their period. There are some dissonances here. Parris uses the slightly formal tone many writers adopt to represent earlier forms of English, but this is inconsistent, and is sometimes coupled uncomfortably with 21st century idiom in a way that pulls the reader out of the Tudor world she is trying to recreate. Phrases such as ‘not your ordinary churchman,’ ‘you lot,’ and ‘you look rough,’ sit uncomfortably with ‘filthy Spanish dog,’ and ‘whoreson.’ This kind of juxtaposition is more reminiscent of Black Adder, or even Carry On, Henry than of historical fiction.
This intrusion of the 21st century continues in the way the characters are presented. The main protagonists are too much modern figures. Sophia, without any background to make this believable, is a feminist before her time. She does not ring true as a character, and it is hard for the reader to empathise with Bruno’s passion for her, even though we are asked to accept that he puts his own life and the lives of others at risk for her.
A repeated sub-plot throughout the series is a lost book ascribed to Hermes Trismegistus (which is not very lost as it has a habit of popping up in unexpected places and then being mislaid again by Bruno). So far, this sub-plot has not developed beyond this point and Parris should move it on or bring it to an end.
Sacrilege is, at the very least, readable, with dark Tudor set-pieces (plague, secret crypts, dark, narrow streets), but Parris, who has clearly done her research, might benefit from placing her characters more in the day to day world of Elizabethan England, rather than concentrating on over-complex plots that do not entirely convince.

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Jul 23, 2012 Janice Durante rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: historical-fiction, mystery, arc

S.J. Parris's third novel in her historical mystery series delineates a fascinating and memorable protagonist. The year is 1584, and Giordano Bruno, an Italian former monk and "heretic," ostensibly serves the French ambassador, but is actually an agent of Queen Elizabeth I's spymaster Sir Francis Walsingham. An old flame, Sophia Underhill, tracks him down in London and begs him to clear her name, as she is accused of killing her husband, a powerful magistrate in Canterbury.

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Apr 06, 2012 Mary rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Giordano Bruno is what is commonly called today, a Renaissance Man. He is a former Monk, a bit of a renegade and is on his way to Canterbury to investigate a murder that is somehow attached to the legendary Thomas a Becket, former Archbishop of Canterbury who fought over the Church’s rights with Henry II of England. Thomas was also treated with much respect by Catholics and Anglicans alike. Giordano, among his many talents is a spy for England, the country that is now counting on him for another...more

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Jun 01, 2012 Paul Pessolano rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

“Sacrilege” by S. J. Parris, published by Doubleday.

Category – Historical Fiction

“Sacrilege” is a murder mystery set in sixteenth century England. A former Catholic monk, Giordano Bruno, has been asked by Sophia Underhill, a woman he was once in love with, to go to Canterbury and exonerate her of an accused murder.

Sophia, in an ill conceived marriage, is accused of murdering her husband and unless she is proven not guilty she will not inherit his fortune.

Bruno goes to Canterbury and quickly find...more

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May 17, 2013 Kathy rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: medieval-renaissance, mystery-historical

This is the third book in a historical mystery/thriller series, set in Elizabethan times and featuring as its main character the former monk, mathematician, philosopher, and astronomer Giordano Bruno. I've enjoyed all three books, as all feature a good sense of time and place, along with enough mystery and suspense to keep me up late at night. In Sacrilege, Bruno starts out going to Canterbury to clear the name of a young woman who has been accused of murdering her husband, and along the way unc...more

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Mar 26, 2012 Gerald Sinstadt rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: crime

Giordano Bruno is an Italian, a former monk, a theologian, a philosopher, a spy, a cosmologist, an author, a linguist, a cryptographer, an amateur pharmacist, a man who can climb a fence and look after himself in a fight, and withal a man susceptible to a pretty face. As if spying for England from within the French embassy is not dangerous enough, Elizabethan England contrives to place him in peril for another, very different reason.

A murder has been committed in the precincts of Canterbury cath...more

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Oct 10, 2012 Elli rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: england-tudor-period, historical-fiction, mystery-crime-criminal-activity, mystery-historical, mystery-political, mystery-suspense, mystery-thriller

2.5 actually. Same characters with some new added as this time he goes to Cambridge which is no longer the great tourist pilgrimage attraction it was very few decades ago with the murder of Becket and the change in churches under Henry VIII. Elizabeth, of course, is a protestant and will remain so. This seemed to me like a mystery which should have not happened. Some good things came from it, but much heartbreak and tearing apart as well. It was said that Bruno's ambition was fired up to the poi...more

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Apr 26, 2012 Frank Hintz rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

The third book in the historical fiction/mystery/thriller series featuring Giordano Bruno by S.J. Parris. Each book is a stand alone story, but there are a few significant references to the events to the events in the previous two books. In particular, one of the major characters in this story is a returning character from the first book. Further, the first book really introduces Bruno, presenting some key elements to his background. So, it does help to have read them all. Its been a while since...more The third book in the historical fiction/mystery/thriller series featuring Giordano Bruno by S.J. Parris. Each book is a stand alone story, but there are a few significant references to the events to the events in the previous two books. In particular, one of the major characters in this story is a returning character from the first book. Further, the first book really introduces Bruno, presenting some key elements to his background. So, it does help to have read them all. Its been a while since I read them, so it was a bit frustrating at first trying to recall the specific background with that character.

The setting for these books is Elizabethan (late 16th century) England. One of the challenges with historical fiction is placing characters into well known events and locations to really evoke that history, while having them enough removed from it to feel like fictionalized events make sense. Bruno is an actual historical figure, but I wasn't aware of him before reading the books. His real biography places him firmly in some of the key disputes of the time, particularly the effects of the Reformation, and the rise of Philosophy and Science, especially Astronomy, and the relationship of these pursuits to the Church. So, he seems a good, interesting choice as a main character, as opposed to say Galileo, where it would make more sense just to have a real biography, or on the other hand, a total made up person, who would not seem to really have the same place in society.

In this story, Bruno is confronted by a suspicious encounter with a girl he met in Oxford. She solicits his help to solve a murder in Canterbury, a murder where she is the prime suspect. The key piece of evidence is a woman's bloody glove (I won't reveal whether the glove fit). As Bruno delves into the mystery, he must confront his own feelings for the girl. As he investigates, of course the plot soon becomes far more complex that it first appears. Bruno must maneuver through questions of social class and issues of superstition, both of the supernatural and foreigners, as he uncovers the secrets buried in Canterbury.

I found the story to be quite enthralling. It moved at a fast pace and kept me turning the pages. I recall the first two getting a little bit bogged down at times, but this one flowed well throughout. I think the author does a great job evoking the feel for Elizabethan England (not that I can claim to be an expert on it). One thing I liked about this one versus the last one is that its a more personal story, whereas the second one was heavily involved in politics and the royal court, which kept a nagging doubt in my mind if Bruno really would have been that involved. One complaint I have with all three is that it seems like really good timing bails Bruno out just a bit too much. That does seem to be pretty standard in the thriller genre though (Dan Brown comes to mind), so it didn't bother me too much, although I think it could have been done a bit more realistically. I found the ending very satisfying, with a touch of bittersweet, in a way that made good sense.

Overall, I found this an enjoyable read. Anyone interested in historical fiction should take a look at the series. A very good book, but I don't think it's great enough to transcend the genre.(less)

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Jun 15, 2012 Vanessa Wester rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: heptathlon

I bought this book for £5 from Sainsbury's as a hard back. Lovely cover and looks great on my mantlepiece. Lucky it's a great story too.

Sacrilege is the third book in the series but it did not matter that I had not read the previous books. It is set in the mid 16th Century and the main character, Bruno (nice name), is an Italian heretic who is best described as a cross between James Bond and Agatha Christie's Poirot...

Bruno aims to clear the name of Sophia, a woman 16 years younger than him who...more

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Apr 30, 2012 Spuddie rated it 3 of 5 stars

Third in this series featuring Giordano Bruno, an ex-monk with radical ideas who has been pursued for heresy, he now works for the French ambassador and is secretly an agent of Queen Elizabeth I's spymaster Sir Francis Walsingham. Sophia Underhill, the young woman Bruno protected in the last book and whom he was in love with, finds him and implores him to clear her name, as she is accused of killing her magistrate husband.

With Sophia disguised as a boy, they are soon are off to Canterbury with...more

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Nov 04, 2012 Martha Burns rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

While I found this new Bruno story highly entertaining, several things detracted from my overall enjoyment. First, the back story of the female lead, Sophia, read like an info dump. That is, she sat in a tavern and poured her heart out to Bruno. There is a reason this happened--she needed to gain Bruno's sympathy quickly--but it still felt like too much of the standard damsel in distress all at once to evoke my sympathy. In other words, it was too much too soon. That character also followed a ve...more

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Jun 30, 2012 Trina rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Loved it! The central character, Bruno, is an enigmatic and intriguing sleuth in this Elizabethan murder mystery that has some great twists and turns and a finale that has you holding your breath until almost the very end. Can't wait for the next installment! One word of warning though, I would read the preceding books first as I think you get a better sense of Bruno's background and character from them, which I didn't feel came out sufficiently in Sacrilege. Don't get me wrong, it's fine as a...more

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Dec 13, 2012 David E. rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Enjoyed this third volume of the Giordano Bruno trilogy, set in Elizabethan England. I felt this one was the best, complex, humorous, full of rich descriptions of streets and countryside and people. The interview with the Queen is one of the most interesting descriptions of Elizabeth I've read, very realistic and revealing, without making too much out of it. Bruno bumbles his way through fights and confrontations, but in the end, it's his memory and wit that save him and the crown from yet anoth...more

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Mar 14, 2012 Steve White rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: first-reads, goodreads-won

I'll preface this review by saying I won this book in the Goodreads Giveaway but I have in no way been compensated for this review. Here we go. Excellent historical mystery. It stayed away from getting bound up in the intricacies of the religious politics of the time and just allowed the reader enough background to understand the motivation of the characters. I enjoyed the main character struggling to piece together the plot, not like some of the all knowing detectives of other genres. Also, the...more

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Apr 24, 2012 Jane rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction

Where I got the book: LibraryThing Early Reviewer program.

This is apparently the third book in a series, so once again I have the interesting experience of being dropped into an already established situation and trying to catch up. It wasn't too hard; Parris deftly sketches in the portrait of Bruno, the ex-monk, ex-spy, ex-fugitive, philosopher, diplomat and writer. In this book he's under the spell of the beautiful Sophia, who begs him to go to Canterbury to solve the mystery of her late husban...more Where I got the book: LibraryThing Early Reviewer program.

This is apparently the third book in a series, so once again I have the interesting experience of being dropped into an already established situation and trying to catch up. It wasn't too hard; Parris deftly sketches in the portrait of Bruno, the ex-monk, ex-spy, ex-fugitive, philosopher, diplomat and writer. In this book he's under the spell of the beautiful Sophia, who begs him to go to Canterbury to solve the mystery of her late husband's murder and clear her own name; she accompanies him in disguise. Bruno receives a second mission from his political masters: to root out signs of Catholic resistance centered around the cult of Saint Thomas Becket. For this story is set during the reign of Elizabeth I, when the dissolution of the monasteries is a comparatively recent memory.

I enjoyed this mystery/suspense novel very much; there was no lack of incident, the plot was clever without the common fault of the author getting so wound up in her own cleverness that the reader ends up losing the thread, and the story didn't suffer from that other bugbear of mystery novels, the cast of thousands. The plot seemed tightly and thoroughly worked out, and brought the two threads of Bruno's enquiry together with finesse. There's also a love story that evidently stems from the earlier novels and will continue into subsequent ones, a second thread to bind the series of novels together.

I can't quote from the book because it was an ARC, in fact a bound manuscript (a surprise, considering I received the book about two weeks before its release) but I found the writing to be clear, elegant and tight, and the recreation of the historical setting very plausible. There were one or two places where a phrase grated on my ear as slightly too modern, but that may have been corrected before publication so I won't dwell on them.

I would definitely find it worthwhile reading the other two books in the series. I didn't entirely warm up to the main characters (hence the cautious four stars) but I think this series may stand up very well in its genre.(less)

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May 15, 2012 Jeanne rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Giordano Bruno's third outing and each stronger than the last. S.J.Parris conjures up the atmosphere of Elizabethan England with some aplomb, the paranoia, the hopelessness of those with no power and the priviledge enjoyed by the few.

As for the characters, Bruno continues to develop with the series as we learn more about him and he has become a credible hero. There's an assortment of suspicious and suitably malevolent locals, and, as the plot develops, almost anyone could be up to no good. Parr...more

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May 13, 2012 Kylie rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

S.J. Parris has done it again by giving us another rip roaring tale of mystery, conspiracy and heresy... Until the end...

I had really enjoyed it up until the point where Parris quickly wraps up the story when the realisation dawns on Bruno about the killer's identity. She hadn't done this as much before - there was still the sense of realisation when Bruno figures out Whodunnit - but there was always still the cliffhangers of the other two novels regarding how Bruno was going to get out of the...more

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Oct 30, 2012 Steve rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This book has so many flaws that it’s hard to know where to start. The major flaw is the author doesn’t seem to know what topic to use as the major conflict, and the book wanders hither and yon without a clear focus. One possible theme is Bruno’s love interest; another is the imminent possibility of an invasion of England; another is a fictional cult of Thomas a Becket which plans to restore Catholicism to England; another is the possibility of a plot to assassinate Elizabeth and elevate Mary to...more

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Mar 29, 2012 Julie Witt rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: copy-from-publisher-for-review, historical, mystery, reviewed

I was asked to read this by the publisher who knew that I hadn't read the first two books in the series, Heresy and Prophecy, as it can be read as a standalone. I loved this book SO much, though, that I'm going to get my hands on a copy of the first two books as soon as possible so I can devour them the way I devoured Sacrilege! I LOVED it! I do enjoy historical fiction, but this went beyond your regular historical fiction - it had one heck of a mystery in it, too!

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May 18, 2013 Marie rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I’ve just finished reading this third book in the Giordano Bruno series. This book takes likeable Bruno to Canterbury to try to impress a lady by clearing her name of a murder charge. This is not as easy as he expects and he becomes embroiled in Canterbury’s local religious politics of the time. Again the book is full of historical detail and the pacey, intricate plot is full of scheming, mystery and betrayal – no strangers turning up to get Bruno out of trouble this time. A great twist at the e...more

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Mar 06, 2013 Susan rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This is an EXCELLENT work of historical fiction/mystery. I was transported to Elizabethan England by Parris' fine settings, which not only let me see where the characters were, but also taste and smell what they experienced. The protagonist, a former Italian monk named Bruno, is based on a real philosopher/scientist of the time. The mysteries in the book, an intertwined set of murders, are wrapped up in the final scenes in a suspenseful and masterly manner.

This is actually the third book in a se...more

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Apr 01, 2012 Wisteria Leigh rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

The entire series is well worth reading. I really enjoyed the author's writing and plot twists. This is an historical fiction with suspense and mystery that take place during Queen Elizabeth I reign. The Papists try to keep their religion alive and face death and torture. If discovered they are enemies/traitors of the Queen. Giordano Bruno works undercover for the Queen. He is a philosopher, former monk and now considered a heretic.
I devoured all three books in this series... alluring historical...more

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Mar 06, 2012 Jen rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

S. J. Parris has managed once again to create a historical mystery that is just as compelling and captivating as Heresy and Prophecy. In Sacrilege, we once again see Giordano Bruno, a renegade monk in the year 1584. He has a way of putting himself in harms way due to both his philosophy,and his radical books and is therefore not surprised to find himself being followed. He believes that surely it is someone meant to kill or harm him, but it turns out to be Sophia Underhill. She has come all the...more

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May 20, 2012 Angela rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2012, bookcrossed-or-otherwise-set-free, advance-readers-edition, library-thing-early-reviewers

Some historical novels read like lighting; others trip lightly down their historical paths; still others plod, heavy and weighted with their historical sense and period sensibilities. Sacrilege by S.J. Parris is a plodder.

Giordano Bruno, former monk and current secret agent on behalf of Queen Elizabeth in the London establishment of the French Embassy, is surprised by the reappearance of his former love Sophia. Dressed in rags and disguised as a boy, she is on the run and accused of murdering he...more

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Apr 01, 2012 Susan rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

A fun Elizabethan suspense novel. I'd enjoy it just for the setting, but there was lots to like about this book. I am kind of dumb at reading mysteries, but I really didn't expect the twist at the end, and I loved the surprise. The protagonist is a treat. I didn't like the sex scene, but I am kind of a prude about those things. It wasn't long, and easy to skim over to get back to the real good stuff about the novel. I wouldn't mind going back and reading the first two mysteries in this series. (...more

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Jul 19, 2012 Aoi Bae rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: whodunit, mystery-thriller, historical-fiction, british, mystery

I have to admit that I picked this book up without knowing it was a part of a series. I figured it wouldn't be too big of a deal not knowing what happened in the previous 2 books since mystery series tend to move along fairly independently. Turns out that I was missing a few bits and pieces there but it was very readable and it was pretty easy to figure out what I didn't read.

The book was a quick read.. and very engaging from the start, which actually surprised me. It's been so long since I've...more

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Apr 28, 2012 Sara rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: first-reads

I won this in a firstreads giveaway.

I really enjoyed this novel by S.J. Parris. I have not read the other two books in the series but had no problem following the storyline of this one. The author gives enough background on the main character that you can understand some of his history and where he is coming from although I'm sure it helps to have read the first two.

Giordano Bruno is an ex-monk who has done some work both as a spy and a diplomat. He is approached by an old acquaintance who asks...more

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Jan 06, 2013 Kimberly rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: historical-fiction, mystery

In this third installment of the Giordano Bruno mysteries, S. J. Parris has once again created an exhilarating tale full of suspense and intrigue throughout. With incredible attention give to historical details, the reader is quickly transported back in time to sixteenth-century England and given a front row seat as the mysteries unfold and the future of a kingdom teeters on the edge of stability. The most astounding feature of Parris' writing is her unpredictability which only enhances the nove...more

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S.J. Parris 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 contempo...more

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