The Tower
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2016
Alma Books Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-84688-376-7 (ISBN)
Alma Books Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-84688-376-7 (ISBN)
Partly a thoroughly researched historical novel about the Inquisition and the birth of science, partly a technological thriller dealing with the topical issues of digitization, mass control and espionage.
Amman, Jordan. As an ambitious digitization project gathers pace in a vast building outside Amman, some unpublished writings by Giordano Bruno – flawed genius of the late Renaissance, renegade philosopher, occultist with a prodigious memory – disappear together with the Jesuit priest sent by the Vatican to study them.
When the priest is found dead and a series of mysterious threats ensues, it becomes clear that the stakes are high for all the parties openly or covertly involved. What dangerous ideas were contained in the stolen manuscript? What was the ultimate secret that Bruno tried to hide, even as he was persecuted, imprisoned and tortured by the Holy Inquisition?
In this riveting, meticulously researched new novel, Alessandro Gallenzi draws on his experience as a publisher in the digital era and casts a light on the darker side of our modern technological world, while revealing how a well-kept secret can change the course of history for ever.
Amman, Jordan. As an ambitious digitization project gathers pace in a vast building outside Amman, some unpublished writings by Giordano Bruno – flawed genius of the late Renaissance, renegade philosopher, occultist with a prodigious memory – disappear together with the Jesuit priest sent by the Vatican to study them.
When the priest is found dead and a series of mysterious threats ensues, it becomes clear that the stakes are high for all the parties openly or covertly involved. What dangerous ideas were contained in the stolen manuscript? What was the ultimate secret that Bruno tried to hide, even as he was persecuted, imprisoned and tortured by the Holy Inquisition?
In this riveting, meticulously researched new novel, Alessandro Gallenzi draws on his experience as a publisher in the digital era and casts a light on the darker side of our modern technological world, while revealing how a well-kept secret can change the course of history for ever.
Alessandro Gallenzi is the founder of Hesperus Press, Alma Books and Alma Classics, and the successor of John Calder at the helm of Calder Publications. As well as being a literary publisher with almost ten years of experience, he is a translator, a poet, a playwright and a novelist. He wrote Bestseller in 2010 and Interrail 2012. The Tower is his third novel.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 21.5.2016 |
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Verlagsort | Surrey |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 128 x 198 mm |
Gewicht | 262 g |
Themenwelt | Literatur ► Historische Romane |
Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen | |
ISBN-10 | 1-84688-376-8 / 1846883768 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-84688-376-7 / 9781846883767 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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