The Dead of Winter: Three Giordano Bruno Novellas

Three gripping tales from No.1 Sunday Times bestseller S. J. Parris.
The Secret Dead
During the summer of 1566, a girl’s body is found within the walls of a Neapolitan monastery. Novice monk Giordano Bruno has a habit of asking difficult questions, but this time his investigations may lose him his place in the Dominican Order – or deliver him into the hands of the Inquisition.The Academy of Secrets
An invitation arrives from a secret society of enlightened philosophers, led by the eccentric Don Giambattista della Porta. Bruno is captivated – even more so when he meets della Porta’s beautiful niece. But keeping these new heretical secrets soon becomes a matter of life or death…A Christmas Requiem
When Giordano Bruno is told the pope wants to see him, he fears he may be walking into a trap. The pope is intrigued by Bruno’s talent for complex memory games, but Rome is a den of intrigue, trickery and blood, and Bruno will be lucky to escape the Eternal City alive.*Please note these three novellas are also published as individual stories in ebook.*‘S. J. Parris gives us a glimpse into the younger years of Giordano Bruno, her 16th-century heretic and spy, in this collection of three beguiling novellas’ ObserverWhat readers are saying about The Dead of Winter‘Superb story-telling’ ?????‘Such a treat’ ?????‘Beautifully written’ ?????‘Gripping’ ?????‘Compulsive reading’ ?????‘Full of energy and excitement’ ?????‘Superb’ ?????

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