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The Tower

The Tower

by Alessandro Gallenzi (Author)

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    Paperback 2014

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Synopsis

Jordan, 2014. As an ambitious digitization project gathers pace in a vast building outside Amman, some unpublished writings by Giordano Bruno - flawed genius of the late Renaissance, renegade philosopher, occultist with a prodigious memory - disappear together with the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 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?

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 300
 Publisher: Alma Books Ltd
Published: 15 Sep 2014
ISBN 10: 1846883377
ISBN 13: 9781846883378

Media Reviews
[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
Author Bio
Alessandro Gallenzi is the founder of Hesperus Press, Alma Books and Alma Classics, and the successor of John Calder at the helm of Calder Publications. As well as being a literary publisher with almost ten years of experience, he is a translator, a poet, a playwright and a novelist. He wrote Bestseller in 2010 and Interrail 2012. The Tower is his third novel.