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Secretum - Francesco Sorti

Secretum

von Francesco Sorti

'absorbing and fascinating' - New Books Magazine 'Their novels are so rich in colour and context that it's often hard to tell where the history stops and the fiction starts' - The Lady July, 1700, Rome. Atto Melani - once a celebrated castrato soprano, now a spy in the service of King Louis XIV, the Sun King - mingles with other high-ranking guests at the villa of Cardinal Spada. Despite being there to celebrate the Cardinal's nephew's wedding, the main topic of conversation is the grave illness of the Pope and the approaching demise of Charles II, King of Spain. Charles has no heir and Kaiser Leopold of Austria and King Louis are each demanding the throne, with the Vatican supposedly mediating. Keen to promote his master's cause, Melani sets in motion a grandiose conspiracy that will plunge him into a world of secret languages, religious sects, forged Royal wills and Europe into war.

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Art:
eBook
Genre:
Krimis Thriller
Sprache:
englisch
Umfang:
832 Seiten
ISBN:
9780857900128
Erschienen:
Februar 2012
Verlag:
Birlinn
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