A thoroughly researched historical novel about Giordano Bruno and the Inquisition, and 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 As an ambitious digitization project gathers pace in a vast building outside Amman, some unpublished writings by Giordano Bruno--flawed genius of the late Renaissance, renegade philosopher, occultist with a prodigious memory--disappear together with the Jesuit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 manuscripts? What was the ultimate secret that Bruno tried to hide from the Holy Inquisition, even as he was persecuted, imprisoned, tortured and finally burnt alive in Rome?
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.
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"[Alessandro Gallenzi] has done much assiduous and scholarly research . . . He is the thinking person's Dan Brown" - The Tablet
"A brilliantly gripping, clever thriller." - Sarah Broadhurst, Lovereading
"The author takes us through two exciting journeys; one during the late Renaissance as we follow Giordano Bruno's fall, and the other in the modern digital era, which will reveal what can become catastrophic in the wrong hands." - Yorkshire Gazette
"At the heart of the book is a big, bold idea: the hallowing of free intellectual enquiry and contempt for the manipulation of knowledge." - Richmond Magazine
"Gallenzi's passion really takes flight when it comes to Bruno – and the book lifts off." - The Independent
"Gallenzi combines his two narratives with engaging skill . . . this deft and enjoyable novel makes the case for intellectual freedom." - The Scotsman
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: New. Unpublished writings by the 16th-century philosopher and occultist Giordano Bruno disappear from a digitization project in Jordan and the Jesuit priest who was studying them is found dead, raising fears about the stolen manuscript ? both the immediate threat and the secret Bruno tried to hide. Seller Inventory # 510433