> [!metadata] Heresy > [author:: S. J. Parris] > [cite-key:: parris2011Heresy] > [date-published:: 2011] > [genre:: Fiction] > [keywords:: [[Giordano Bruno]], [[Sir Francis Walsingham]]] > > **(description-short:: Oxford. 1583. The cloistered academic and spiritual home of the most revered scholars in the world. But somewhere within the private chambers of the university, a brutal killer lurks…)** > > (description:: [[Giordano Bruno]] — monk, scientist, philosopher, and magician — is wanted by the Inquisition on charges of heresy for his belief in a heliocentric universe. After years on the run throughout Europe, Bruno is mysteriously recruited by [[Elizabeth I of England|Queen Elizabeth I]] and sent to Oxford on the pretext of a royal visitation. Officially, Bruno is to take part in a debate on Copernican theory; unofficially, he is to find out whatever he can about a Catholic plot to overthrow the queen. But before Bruno's investigations commence, his mission is dramatically thrown off course when Oxford fellows begin to turn up dead. As he discovers a pattern in the murders, he realizes that he isn't the only one harbouring secrets and that no one at Oxford is who he appears to be.) Discovered thanks to [[Betwixt The Sheets- The History of Sex, Scandal & Society|Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society]].