The Dead of Winter: Three Giordano Bruno Novellas
Three gripping tales from No.1 Sunday Times bestseller S. J. Parris.
The Secret Dead
During the summer of 1566, a girl’s body is found within the walls of a Neapolitan monastery. Novice monk Giordano Bruno has a habit of asking difficult questions, but this time his investigations may lose him his place in the Dominican Order – or deliver him into the hands of the Inquisition.
The Academy of Secrets
An invitation arrives from a secret society of enlightened philosophers, led by the eccentric Don Giambattista della Porta. Bruno is captivated – even more so when he meets della Porta’s beautiful niece. But keeping these new heretical secrets soon becomes a matter of life or death…
A Christmas Requiem
When Giordano Bruno is told the pope wants to see him, he fears he may be walking into a trap. The pope is intrigued by Bruno’s talent for complex memory games, but Rome is a den of intrigue, trickery and blood, and Bruno will be lucky to escape the Eternal City alive.
*Please note these three novellas are also published as individual stories in ebook.*
‘S. J. Parris gives us a glimpse into the younger years of Giordano Bruno, her 16th-century heretic and spy, in this collection of three beguiling novellas’ Observer
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”'S. J. Parris gives us a glimpse into the younger years of Giordano Bruno, her 16th-century heretic and spy, in this collection of three beguiling novellas” - Observer
”'Fans of Parris’s superior mysteries featuring cleric-turned-sleuth Giordano Bruno, seen most recently in Conspiracy, will be delighted by this stellar collection of three novellas from his early years. This is an accessible entry point for newcomers” - Publishers Weekly (starred)
Praise for S. J. Parris: -
”'A delicious blend of history and thriller” - The Times
”'A tight plot combines with subtly-realised characters and an omnipresent sense of danger … My pleasure in the vividly textured backdrop and a cracking story was accompanied by an uneasy shudder” - Daily Mail
”'Colourful characters, fast-moving plots and a world where one false step in religion or politics can mean a grisly death” - Sunday Times
”'S. J. Parris is one of my favourite authors - and unquestionably our greatest living writer of historical thrillers” - A.J. Finn
”'Vivid, sprawling … Well-crafted, exuberant” - Financial Times
”'Successful historical thrillers need three elements: a killer plot that weaves seamlessly into the history; an engaging protagonist; and an atmospheric sense of place. Parris nails all three” - The Times
”'Pacy, intricate, and thrilling… Full of historical detail and rich with atmosphere” - Observer
”'I can thoroughly recommend Conspiracy, which twists and turns like a corkscrew of venomous snakes” - Stuart MacBride
”'Parris’s Giordano Bruno series has been a joy” - Sunday Telegraph
”'Impossible to resist … Parris creates a convincing sense of the past, woven with so much intrigue that the head fairly spins” - Daily Telegraph
”'It has everything - intrigue, mystery and excellent history” - Kate Mosse
”A classy mystery” - Observer
”'Superbly plotted, shimmeringly written, it will have you on the edge of your seat” - Kate Williams, author of The Storms of War