The All Souls Trilogy (All Souls, #1-3)

by Deborah Harkness

“Va plan, mercés. E tu?”

“Elle a plus de courage que j’ai pensé,”

“Je suis à votre commande, seigneur.”

feast of All Souls,

“Il est le chevalier de Clermont!”

“Mea lingua latina est mala,”

Feast of St. Nicholas,

Mary Sidney.”

Research

“Es una lástima que se casó en absoluto, pero aún más lamentable que ella está casada con usted.” “Very regrettable, Majesty,” Matthew said sharply, sticking resolutely to English. “But I assure you we are thoroughly wed. My father insisted upon it. So did the lady.” This remark only made Rudolf scrutinize me with greater interest. Gallowglass took mercy on me and thumped the book onto the table. “Das Buch.” That got their attention. Strada unwrapped it while Hájek and Rudolf speculated on just how wonderful this new addition to the imperial library might prove to be. When it was exposed to view, however, the air in the room thickened with disappointment. “What joke is this?” Rudolf snapped in German. “I am not sure I take Your Majesty’s meaning,” Matthew replied. He waited for Gallowglass to translate. “I mean that I already know this book,” Rudolf sputtered. “That doesn’t surprise me, Your Majesty, since you gave it to John Dee—by mistake, I am told.” Matthew bowed. “The emperor does not make mistakes!” Strada said, pushing the book away in disgust. “We all make mistakes, Signor Strada,” Hájek said gently. “I am sure, though, that there is some other explanation as to why this book has been returned to the emperor. Perhaps Dr. Dee uncovered its secrets.” “It is nothing but childish pictures,” retorted Strada. “Is that why this picture book found its way into

“Chant de Guerre pour l’Armée du Rhin”

Ransome Fayrweather, Marcus’s eldest son and the club’s owner, would

“Nous sommes prêts, Père Antoine!”

impossible n’est pas Diana,”

Der Mond ist aufgegangen, / Die goldnen Sternlein prangen / Am Himmel hell und klar.’”