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AvividandgrippinghistoricalthrillersetinElizabethanEnglandintroducingGiordanoBruno,philosopher,scientistandspyforallfansofC.J.SansomandTheNameoftheRose.InElizabeth’sEngland,truefaithcanmeanbloodymurder…OXFORD,1583.APLACEOFLEARNING.ANDMURDEROUSSCHEMES.EnglandisrifewithplotstoassassinateQueenElizabethandreturnthecountrytotheCatholicfaith.Defendingtherealmthroughhisnetworkofagents,theQueen’sspymasterSirFrancisWalsinghamworkstirelesslytohuntdownalltraitors.HislatestrecruitisGiordanoBruno,aradicalthinkerfleeingtheInquisition,whoissentundercovertoOxfordtoexposeaCatholicconspiracy.ButhehashisownsecretmissionattheUniversity–onethatmustremainhiddenatallcosts.Whenaseriesofhideousmurdersrupturesclose-knitcollegelife,Brunoiscompelledtoinvestigate.AndwhathefindsmakesitbrutallyclearthattheTudorthroneitselfisatstake…