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The Secret Dead
The Secret Dead | S. J. Parris
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Even the dead have a story to tell... Naples, 1566. During a sweltering summer, eighteen-year-old Giordano Bruno takes his final vows at San Domenico Maggiore and is admitted to the Dominican Order - despite doubts over his tendency to ask difficult questions. Assisting in the infirmary, Bruno witnesses an illicit autopsy performed on the body of a young woman. Her corpse reveals a dark secret, and Bruno suspects that hers may not have been an accidental death. His investigation leads him to a powerful figure who wants to keep the truth buried - and Bruno is forced to make a choice between his future in the Order, and justice for an innocent victim and her grieving family. A spellbinding and eerily poignant short story that brings the tense atmosphere of the Inquisition and the promise of the Renaissance to vivid life.
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Andrew65
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A great introduction to Giordano Bruno, and tells you so much about his core values even as a young man. Don‘t usually enjoy short stories or novellas but really enjoying these. Making me want to read the main series books.

All 3 novels can be found in the book The Dead of Winter

Book 3 finished for #WinterGames2021 #MistletoeManiacs

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Andrew65
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Reading another if the Giordano Bruno Novellas, and starting right at the beginning of the story.

#WinterGames2021

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rwmg
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Prequel novella in the Giordano Bruno series.

Not much of a mystery, really, more of a look at Bruno's background.

Since Bruno repeatedly swears never to tell anyone what happened, I felt there should be a framing story to justify this 1st person narrative.

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rwmg
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It rained this morning, so afternoon vitamin D therapy

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gtimps
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Ready to go back on the shelf! As you‘d expect from a novella, the plot is straightforward; but it‘s a good taster for the other books, with the same eye for historical / political detail. Did the trick of getting me back into good reading habits after a lapse!

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gtimps
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Feels like an undersell to call well-researched historical thrillers #cosycrime but when you‘ll happily read about dismemberment over a bowl of cocopops...

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gtimps
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Turning to Giordano Bruno to get me out of my recent reading malaise... And to Chloe‘s recommendation of the app 🤓🤓 Let‘s seeeee

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