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After that, he went undercover, tracking spies and killers.Įvery book in the Giordano Bruno series works as a standalone story, but the lives of the different characters evolve from one novel to the other. Starting in 1583, the story is a blending true events with fiction that introduces us to Giordano Bruno when he is recruited by the queen’s spymaster. Parris Books in Order Giordano Bruno books in Order:

In addition to writing novels, Stephanie Merritt currently writes for The Observer and The Guardian. New books came quickly after that, the series had become a success and sold in 20 countries. It was published in 2010 under the pen name S.J.Parris. In 2008, she started writing Heresy, the first in her series of historical thrillers featuring the 16th-century heretic philosopher and spy Giordano Bruno. She had published her first book, Gaveston, three years prior and her second novel, Real, was just published–she worked then on the movie adaptation.

Stephanie Merritt became Deputy Literary Editor of The Observer in 1998 and left in 2005 to become a full-time writer. Parris is the pseudonym used by British critic and feature writer Stephanie Merritt, the author of the Giordano Bruno series, a historical thriller series for those who like the Matthew Shardlake series. Bruno suspects that the murderer is trying to send a message- but what and to whom? Stalking the killer through the shadowy cloisters of the colleges and back streets of Oxford, he soon learns that sometimes even the wisest men cannot tell truth from heresy.Affiliate disclosure: As an Amazon Associate, we may earn commissions from qualifying purchases from Amazon.Īll of S. Bruno believes that the Earth orbits the sun, and this alone could have him burned at the stake, but he also seeks a lost book of ancient truth, which he believes will end the Wars of Religion.īruno is recruited by Elizabeth's spymaster, Sir Francis Walsingham, and sent undercover to Oxford, but his mission is thrown off course by a series of grisly murders. Giordano Bruno-renegade monk, poet, scientist, and magician-arrives in London, fleeing the Roman Inquisition. 2010 1st edition 'First Edition' stated Doubleday publishers, New York hardbound in sage and tan boards with gilt stamp lettering on spine very good condition with unmarked pages dust jacket good with very minor edge wear.Įngland is rife with conspiracies to assassinate Elizabeth I and return the country to Rome-plots that foment in places like the fiercely papist University of Oxford.

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