The dead of winter : three Giordano Bruno novellas
(Book)

Three exhilarating novellas--The Secret Dead, The Academy of Secrets, and A Christmas Requiem--follow the early adventures of young priest Giordano Bruno in the dramatic days of sixteenth century Italy. 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 intrugued 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 Eterrnal City alive.