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'An exuberant and discursive historical novel, crammed with fascinating detail.' The Independent
It's 11 September 1683, Rome. The citizens of the city wait anxiously for the outcome of the battle for Vienna as Ottoman forces lay siege to the defenders of Catholic Europe. Meanwhile, a suspected outbreak of plague causes a famous Roman tavern to be placed under quarantine. One of its detainees, the mysterious Atto Melani, a spy in the service of France, discovers a secret passage leading deep into the Roman underworld. A plot to assassinate the pope and plans to use the plague as a weapon of mass destruction in the battle between Islam and the West are discovered. Meticulously researched and brilliantly conceived, "Imprimatur" contains startling revelations that have been concealed for centuries, drawing on original papers discovered in the Vatican archives. A thriller in the vein of Umberto Eco's "The Name of the Rose", this novel sheds new light on the power struggles of...
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Rom anno domini 1683: Abbé Melani ist in der Stadt, um für seinen Auftraggeber, den französischen Sonnenkönig höchst persönlich, einen Fall aufzuklären. Außer ihm sind in der Herberge Locanda del Donzello noch ein paar andere Gäste untergekommen – und jeder einzelne von ihnen hat ein brisantes Gehei