Ritual of Fire - Cesare Aldo

Set in Renaissance Florence, D. V. Bishop''s series follows Cesare Aldo, former soldier and now an officer of the city''s most feared criminal court, as he endeavours to solve a murder in a city full of plots and treason. The first novel of the series, City of Vengeance, starts in the winter of 1536. Aldo must stop a conspiracy while trying to keep his secrets his own. The story continues in The Darkest Sin and garnered praise from the likes of S. G. MacLean who said ''D. V. Bishop transports you to an utterly convincing 16th century Florence, where the best and worst of human nature constantly circle each other in this tense mystery.''>

Info autore

D. V. Bishop is the pseudonym of award-winning writer David Bishop. His love for the city of Florence and the Renaissance period meant there could be only one setting for his crime fiction. The first book in the Cesare Aldo series, City of Vengeance, won the Pitch Perfect competition at the Bloody Scotland crime writing festival and the NZ Booklovers Award for Best Adult Fiction Book. It was also shortlisted for the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize. Bishop was awarded a Robert Louis Stevenson Fellowship while writing that novel. He teaches creative writing at Edinburgh Napier University. Ritual of Fire is the third novel in the Cesare Aldo series, following The Darkest Sin.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: D V Bishop, D. V. Bishop
• Editore: Pan Books
• Lingue: Inglese
• Raccomandazione d'eta': 18 anni
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.06.2024
• EAN: 9781529096507
• ISBN: 978-1-5290-9650-7
• Pagine: 432
• Dimensioni: 130 mm x 196 mm x 30 mm
• Serie: Cesare Aldo series
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi; FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Historical, FICTION / Crime, Historical fiction, FICTION / Thrillers / Crime, FICTION / Historical / Renaissance, florence, Italy, Thriller / suspense fiction, Thriller / suspense, Narrative theme: Sense of place, Holy Roman Empire, Renaissance style, c 1500 to c 1600, European history: Renaissance, c 1530 to c 1539