Description
A historical novel which looks at Central Europe in the 16th century - a territory plagued by ceaseless battles for supremacy between the Protestant political elite and the ruling Catholic Habsburg Monarchy. In this epic saga, history and fiction intertwine in wavelike fashion, producing a colourful portrait of the Renaissance; permeated by humanist attempts to resurrect antiquity through art, new scientific findings, and spirited philosophical and theological debates. Yet this was a time of intrigues, accusations of heresy, political betrayal, and burnings at the stake, an age which produced executioners, scapegoats and extraordinary individuals who were prepared to oppose the dominant beliefs and dare to believe in a new order.
About the Author
Mojca Kumerdej is a Slovene writer and philosopher. In 2017, she received the Preseren Award for The Harvest of Chronos. Rawley Grau, originally from Baltimore, has lived in Ljubljana since 2001. He translated Panorama, by Dusan Sarotar, which was shortlisted for the 2017 Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize. His translation from Russian of A Science Not from the Earth was awarded the AATSEEL Prize for Best Scholarly Translation in 2016.
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- Contributor: Mojca Kumerdej
- Imprint: Istros Books
- ISBN13: 9781908236333
- Number of Pages: 380
- Format: Paperback
- Publisher: Istros Books
- Release Date: 2017-11-27
- Binding: Paperback / softback
- Biography: Mojca Kumerdej is a Slovene writer and philosopher. In 2017, she received the Preseren Award for The Harvest of Chronos. Rawley Grau, originally from Baltimore, has lived in Ljubljana since 2001. He translated Panorama, by Dusan Sarotar, which was shortlisted for the 2017 Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize. His translation from Russian of A Science Not from the Earth was awarded the AATSEEL Prize for Best Scholarly Translation in 2016.
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