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In 1517, Martin Luther nails his ninety-five theses demanding reform of the Catholic Church to the door of Wittenburg Cathedral, setting off a period of upheaval, war, civil war and violence we now know as the Reformation. In this age devastated by wars of religion, a young theology student adopts the cause of the heretics and the disinherited. Across the chessboard of Europe, from the German plains to the flourishing Dutch cities and down to Venice, the gateway to the East, our hero, a 'Survivor', a radical Protestant Anabaptist who goes under many names, and his enemy, a loyal papal spy and…

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Editions

11 editions · 3 languages
  • Paperback · English · 2004
    Arrow · 635 pages · 9780099439837
  • Other · English · 2014
    Penguin Random House · 672 pages · 9781448166763
  • Other · English · 2005
    Harvest Books · 768 pages · 9780156031967
  • Other · English · 2004
    Harcourt · 750 pages · 9780151010639
  • Other · English · 2003
    Penguin Random House · 672 pages · 9780434011575
  • Other · English · 2003
    William Heinemann · 528 pages · 9780434010004
Christian hereticsFictionHeretics, ChristianReformationHistoryFiction, historicalEurope, fictionFiction, thrillers, general