The Astronomer: A Novel of Suspense
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品牌: Goldstone
基本信息·出版社：FRANK R WALKER CO (IL)
·页码：304 页
·出版日期：2010年05月
·ISBN：0802719864
·International Standard Book Number：0802719864
·条形码：9780802719867
·EAN：9780802719867
·装帧：精装
·正文语种：英语
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内容简介Set against the religious intolerance of sixteenth-century France, an intricate suspense thriller revolving around a plot to kill Nicolaus Copernicus. 1534, Paris. A student at the Catholic College de Montaigu, serving as a courier for the Inquisition, is murdered by members of an extreme Lutheran sect for the packet of letters he is carrying. His friend and fellow classmate Amaury de Faverges--the illegitimate son of the Duke of Savoy and an expert in astronomy and natural science--is recruited as his replacement and promised a decree of legitimacy if he can uncover the secret that threatens to overturn Catholicism and the reign of Francois I. Working undercover, Amaury journeys south to the liberal court of the king's sister, Marguerite of Navarre, the alleged heart of the conspiracy. The deeper he probes, the more Amaury is forced to confront his own religious doubts; and when he discovers a copy of Copernicus's shocking manuscript showing the sun at the center of the universe, he knows the path he must follow. Replete with characters and events from history--from the iconoclastic Rabelais to the burning of heretics in Paris to preacher John Calvin and Copernicus himself--"The Astronomer "is a powerful novel of love and betrayal, and a thrilling portrait of what might well have happened at a hinge point in history when science and ancient religious belief collided.
媒体推荐Set against the religious intolerance of 16th-century France, this intricate thriller revolves around a plot to kill Nicolaus Copernicus. This work relives a hinge point in history when science and ancient religious belief collided.
