Heresy

Heresy
S. J. Parris

A vivid and gripping historical thriller set in Elizabethan England introducing Giordano Bruno - philosopher, spy and hero of the stunning new novel SACRILEGE - for all fans of C.J.Sansom and The Name of the Rose.In Elizabeth’s England, true faith can mean bloody murder…Oxford, 1583. A place of learning. And murderous schemes.The country is rife with plots to assassinate Queen Elizabeth and return the realm to the Catholic faith. Giordano Bruno is recruited by the queen’s spymaster and sent undercover to expose a treacherous conspiracy in Oxford – but his own secret mission must remain hidden at all costs.A spy under orders. A coveted throne under threat.When a series of hideous murders ruptures close-knit college life, Bruno is compelled to investigate. And what he finds makes it brutally clear that the Tudor throne itself is at stake…Heretic, maverick, charmer: Giordano Bruno is always on his guard. Never more so than when working for Queen Elizabeth and her spymaster – for this man of letters is now an agent of intrigue and danger.

S. J. PARRIS

Heresy

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Table of Contents

Title Page (#u3b7bf730-36f2-59e0-ab23-3db4fe5deca9)

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Prologue: Monastery of San Domenico Maggiore, Naples 1576 (#uc3752c10-4b27-537c-95ca-662cfa3bce58)

Part One: London, May 1583 (#u033f4383-327a-5cb2-9650-721ec422f791)

Chapter One (#u564ae938-7885-561e-a09b-7674ad394693)

Part Two: Oxford, England, May 1583 (#u0d5ae04b-3ffd-546f-bcc9-7a72961db141)

Chapter Two (#ub63b99af-7c94-51f4-b690-41031177b5b3)

Chapter Three (#u468c7433-4446-5fd9-9a46-2538710547a1)

Chapter Four (#u23b883c4-627e-5ade-bdaa-c76ba93cd138)

Chapter Five (#udd21dec8-6255-5140-ab1d-07c6ddbc5bdb)

Chapter Six (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Seven (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eight (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Nine (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Ten (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eleven (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twelve (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Thirteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Fourteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Fifteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Sixteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Seventeen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eighteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Nineteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-One (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-Two (#litres_trial_promo)

Epilogue: London, July 1583 (#litres_trial_promo)

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