Ritual of Fire - D. V. Bishop

Descriere Ritual of Fire - D. V. Bishop

\nA first-class historical thriller . . . Bishop's spirited and richly detailed story is a tour de force - David Baldacci on City of Vengeance \n \n'It's hard to think of a better guide than D. V. Bishop to the brutality and glamour of Renaissance Florence. Religion and lust? Money and politics? It's all here, combined into a murderous brew' - Andrew Taylor, bestselling author of The Royal Secret \n \n'Fast becoming a serious rival to C. J. Sansom and S. J. Parris' - Historical Novel Society \n \nFlorence. Summer, 1538. \n \nA night patrol finds a wealthy merchant hanged and set ablaze in the city's main square. More than mere murder, this killing is intended to put the fear of God into Florence. Forty years earlier, puritanical monk Girolamo Savonarola was executed the same way. Does this new killing mean his fanatical disciples are reviving the monk's regime of holy terror? \n \nCesare Aldo is busy hunting thieves in the Tuscan countryside, leaving Constable Carlo Strocchi to investigate the killing. When another merchant is burned alive in public, the rich start fleeing to their country estates. But the Tuscan hills can also be dangerous. \n \nGrowing religious fervour and a scorching heatwave drives the city ever closer to madness. Meanwhile, someone is stalking those powerful men who forged lifelong bonds in the dark days of Savonarola. \n \nUnless Aldo and Strocchi work together, all of Florence will be consumed by an inferno of death and destruction. \n \nCeremonial murder has returned to Florence. Only two men can end the destruction. Featuring Officer Cesare Aldo, Ritual of Fire is an atmospheric historical thriller by D. V. Bishop, set in Renaissance Italy. \n \nRitual of Fire is the third Cesare Aldo mystery, preceded by City of Vengeance and The Darkest Sin. \n\n

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Pan Publishing

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ENSTK

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9781529096507

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1

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