{"product_id":"9780008455071_a-christmas-requiem-a-novella","title":"A Christmas Requiem: A Novella","description":"\u003ch2\u003eThe perfect historical crime novella to curl up with this Christmas! From a No. 1 \u003cem\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author.\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAt the heart of the Eternal City, danger hides around every corner…\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRome, 1569.\u003c\/strong\u003e When novice monk Giordano Bruno is told the pope wants to see him, his first thought is that it must be a joke. The second is that it must be a trap.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYoung Bruno’s talent for complex memory games has caught the attention of the Lord’s Vicar. Summoned to Rome, the city captures Bruno’s imagination, and he soon slips away from his suspicious, austere host Fra Agostino da Montalcino, drawn instead to more glamorous, sophisticated companions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut accusations of heresy are only ever a whisper away, and Rome is a city of intrigue, trickery and blood. Bruno soon realises he will be lucky to escape the Eternal City alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlease note that this story, along with two other Giordano Bruno novellas, will be published as a 3-in-1 collection called\u003cem\u003e The Dead of Winte\u003c\/em\u003er, coming out in Hardback, ebook and audio in November 2020.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003ePraise for S.J. Parris\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘A delicious blend of history and thriller’ \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘An omnipresent sense of danger’ \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Colourful characters, fast-moving plots and a world where one false step in religion or politics can mean a grisly death’ \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Pacy, intricate, and thrilling… Full of historical detail and rich with atmosphere’ \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eObserver\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Twists and turns like a corkscrew of venomous snakes’ \u003cstrong\u003eStuart MacBride\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Impossible to resist’ \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘It has everything – intrigue, mystery and excellent history’ \u003cstrong\u003eKate Mosse\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Parris writes with confident ease of Tudor London’ \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Full of surprises’ \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eTLS\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"S. J. Parris","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47285258453141,"sku":"9780008455071","price":6.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780008455071.jpg?v=1776992342","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780008455071_a-christmas-requiem-a-novella","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}