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S.J. Parris

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The United Kingdom

Website

http://www.sjparris.com

Genre

Historical Fiction

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Pseudonym for author Stephanie Merritt

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 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 ...more

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Average rating: 4.0 · 38,835 ratings · 3,203 reviews · 18 distinct works • Similar authors

	Heresy (Giordano Bruno, #1) 3.80 avg rating — 12,514 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Prophecy (Giordano Bruno, #2) 3.94 avg rating — 8,011 ratings — published 2011 — 39 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sacrilege (Giordano Bruno, #3) 4.06 avg rating — 4,790 ratings — published 2012 — 30 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Treachery (Giordano Bruno, #4) 4.22 avg rating — 3,539 ratings — published 2014 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Conspiracy (Giordano Bruno, #5) 4.20 avg rating — 3,050 ratings — published 2016 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Execution (Giordano Bruno, #6) 4.37 avg rating — 2,762 ratings — published 2020 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Secret Dead (Giordano Bruno, #0.5) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,329 ratings — published 2013 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dead of Winter (Giordano Bruno #0.5-0.7) 4.06 avg rating — 1,244 ratings — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Alchemy (Giordano Bruno #7) 4.43 avg rating — 458 ratings — published 2023 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Christmas Requiem (Giordano Bruno #0.7) 4.06 avg rating — 409 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Giordano Bruno (7 books)
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“I do not believe that any book should be denied to the man who possesses the wisdom to understand it, Bruno, but that does not mean I am confused about where truth lies.”
― S.J. Parris, Heresy

tags: banned-books, heresy

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“But they argued as lawyers do, they twisted every answer I gave until it sounded like the opposite meaning, and I became so confused and afraid I found myself agreeing to statements that I knew were not true.”
― S.J. Parris, Heresy

tags: interrogation, lawyers

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“It is strange the way that someone who wants to find you guilty can start to make you believe in your own guilt, even when you know you are innocent. I was afraid I would condemn myself my mistake.”
― S.J. Parris, Heresy

tags: guilt, heresy, lawyers

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What books about the Tudors or Tudor England would you like to have for our Group Read in March 2016?

The Agincourt Bride by Joanna Hickson

10 votes, 15.2%

The Temptation of Elizabeth Tudor: Elizabeth I, Thomas Seymour, and the Making of a Virgin Queen by Elizabeth Norton

9 votes, 13.6%

The Life of Elizabeth I by Alison Weir

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Heresy by S.J. Parris

7 votes, 10.6%

Anne of Cleves: Henry's Luckiest Wife by D. Lawrence-Young

6 votes, 9.1%

Bess of Hardwick: First Lady of Chatsworth, 1527-1608 by Mary S. Lovell

5 votes, 7.6%

Dark Fire by C.J. Sansom

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The Jesuit Letter by Dean Hamilton

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Root of the Tudor Rose by Mari Griffith

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Katherine the Queen: The Remarkable Life of Katherine Parr by Linda Porter

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I, Elizabeth by Rosalind Miles

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In a Treacherous Court by Michelle Diener

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The Heretic by Henry Vyner-Brooks

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