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Secretum Rita Monaldi

Secretum By Rita Monaldi

Secretum by Rita Monaldi


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Summary

July, 1700, Rome. Atto Melani - once a celebrated castrato soprano, now a spy in the service of King Louis XIV, the Sun King - mingles with other high-ranking guests at the villa of Cardinal Spada. The main topic of conversation is the grave illness of the Pope and the approaching demise of Charles II, King of Spain.

Secretum Summary

Secretum by Rita Monaldi

July, 1700, Rome. Atto Melani - once a celebrated castrato soprano, now a spy in the service of King Louis XIV, the Sun King - mingles with other high-ranking guests at the villa of Cardinal Spada. Despite being there to celebrate the Cardinal's nephew's wedding, the main topic of conversation is the grave illness of the Pope and the approaching demise of Charles II, King of Spain. Charles has no heir and Kaiser Leopold of Austria and King Louis are each demanding the throne, with the Vatican supposedly mediating. Keen to promote his master's cause, Melani sets in motion a grandiose conspiracy that will plunge him into a world of secret languages, religious sects, forged Royal wills and Europe into war.

Secretum Reviews

'absorbing and fascinating' NEW BOOKS MAGAZINE 'Their novels are so rich in colour and context that it's often hard to tell where the history stops and the fiction starts,' THE LADY

About Rita Monaldi

Rita Monaldi is an expert in religious history, her husband Francesco Sorti a musicologist. Both have worked as journalists, but in recent years they have collaborated on several historical novels including Imprimatur and its sequels Secretum and Veritas. They live with their two young children in Vienna and Rome.

Additional information

GOR002061438
9781846971464
1846971462
Secretum by Rita Monaldi
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Birlinn General
2010-05-18
736
N/A
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