Tim Severin

The Pope's Assassin

Buch

A savage attack. A vengeful quest.Rome, AD 799. Pope Leo is viciously assaulted in the street by unknown assailants. Sigwulf, a Saxon prince who has been banished to the court of King Carolus in Frankia, is sent to Rome as a spy to discover who was responsible. There, he discovers a web of lies - the only clue to the attackers' identity is an intricate gold buckle, which Sigwulf links with a mysterious gold warrior flagon he finds in the home of the Pope's chamberlain. Could the attack have its source in the highest levels of the Church? Pope Leo had made enemies among the nobility on his rapid ascension to St Peter's throne, and there are ma… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-4472-6224-4
EAN: 9781447262244
Produktnummer: 18914239
Verlag: Pan MacMillan
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
Seitenangabe: 400 S.
Masse: H19.8 cm x B12.8 cm x D2.2 cm 220 g
Reihenbandnummer: 3
Gewicht: 220

Über den Autor

Tim Severin, explorer, filmmaker and lecturer, has retraced the storied journeys of Saint Brendan the Navigator, Sindbad the Sailor, Jason and the Argonauts, Ulysses, Genghis Khan and Robinson Crusoe. His books about these expeditions are classics of exploration and travel. He made his historical-fiction debut with the hugely successful Viking series, followed by the Pirate and Saxon series.