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Imprimatur

Author : Rita Monaldi
Publisher : Birlinn
Release Date : 2012-02-15
ISBN 10 : 9780857900111
Pages : 590 pages
Rating : 4.9/5 (857 users)

Download Imprimatur PDF Full or another Format written by Rita Monaldi and published by Birlinn. This book was released on 2012-02-15 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exuberant and discursive historical novel, crammed with fascinating detail.' The Independent It's 11 September 1683, Rome. The citizens of the city wait anxiously for the outcome of the battle for Vienna as Ottoman forces lay siege to the defenders of Catholic Europe. Meanwhile, a suspected outbreak of plague causes a famous Roman tavern to be placed under quarantine. One of its detainees, the mysterious Atto Melani, a spy in the service of France, discovers a secret passage leading deep into the Roman underworld. A plot to assassinate the pope and plans to use the plague as a weapon of mass destruction in the battle between Islam and the West are discovered. Meticulously researched and brilliantly conceived, "Imprimatur" contains startling revelations that have been concealed for centuries, drawing on original papers discovered in the Vatican archives. A thriller in the vein of Umberto Eco's "The Name of the Rose", this novel sheds new light on the power struggles of 17th-century Europe, the repercussions of which are still felt today. First published to great controversy in Italy in 2002, "Imprimatur" was boycotted by the Italian press and publishing world. Despite this, the novel has gained European bestseller status; it has been translated into 20 languages with editions published in 45 countries. Over 1 million copies have been sold to date.


Download Veritas PDF

Veritas

Author : Rita Monaldi
Publisher : Birlinn
Release Date : 2013-06-06
ISBN 10 : 9780857905703
Pages : 736 pages
Rating : 4.9/5 (857 users)

Download Veritas PDF Full or another Format written by Rita Monaldi and published by Birlinn. This book was released on 2013-06-06 with total page 736 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vienna, 1711. Eleven years after the events of Secretum, and by means of a mysterious bequest, Atto Melani arranges for his faithful helper to relocate from a Roman slum to the imperial court in Vienna. Here, Atto enlists his help in a secret mission to bring about the end of the war between France and Austria. Meanwhile, a Turkish delegation has arrived in Vienna for talks with Emperor Joseph I, despite the fact that Austria is supposed to be at peace with the Ottoman Empire. When the emperor suddenly falls ill with smallpox and students are targeted by a serial killer, fears grow that a centuries-old power struggle has been reignited. What can Atto and his helper do to prevent Europe from descending into all-out conflict? An unfinished palace known as the Place with No Name, an exotic menagerie and a fantastical Flying Ship are just some of the ingredients of this baroque spy novel which will intrigue and delight fans of Monaldi and Sorti's series.


Download Italian Literature since 1900 in English Translation 1929-2016 PDF

Italian Literature since 1900 in English Translation 1929-2016

Author : Robin Healey
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Release Date : 2019-03-07
ISBN 10 : 9781487502928
Pages : 1104 pages
Rating : 4.5/5 (487 users)

Download Italian Literature since 1900 in English Translation 1929-2016 PDF Full or another Format written by Robin Healey and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2019-03-07 with total page 1104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This annotated enumerative bibliography lists all English-language translations of twentieth- and twenty-first-century Italian literature.


Download Secrets of the Conclaves PDF

Secrets of the Conclaves

Author : Rita Monaldi
Publisher : Birlinn
Release Date : 2013-04-04
ISBN 10 : 9780857906663
Pages : 300 pages
Rating : 4.9/5 (857 users)

Download Secrets of the Conclaves PDF Full or another Format written by Rita Monaldi and published by Birlinn. This book was released on 2013-04-04 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written in the year 1700, when the demise of Pope Innocent XII was imminent, and dedicated to his friend and employer Louis XIV, The Secrets of the Conclaves is a mine of information concerning popes, conclaves and cardinals. A little masterpiece of cynicism and irony, illuminated by Abbot Atto Melani's historical memory and his unscrupulous defence of raison d'état , this remarkable document is an insider's guide to the machinations of the papal election. As told by Melani, the pitfalls in the conclave are largely invisible: personal hatreds, ambushes, vendettas, colossal errors and tragic misunderstandings follow at every turn. In a fractious world in which gangs like the Flying Squad or the Zealots are at each other's throats, everything and everyone is to be mistrusted. It goes without saying that the ways and means employed to triumph in a conclave involve the darker arts; but they are the selfsame techniques that set Melani on his way to success: adulation, deception, corruption and, above all, espionage. The original document was discovered in the archive of the Library of the Senate in Paris by authors Rita Monaldi and Francesco Sorti. Monaldi and Sorti have celebrated the adventures of Atto Melani in a series of bestselling historical novels including Imprimatur, Secretum and Veritas.


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