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  • Published: 1 July 2004
  • ISBN: 9780099439837
  • Imprint: Arrow
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 672
  • RRP: $24.99

Q




Perfect for fans of Umberto Eco and Hilary Mantell. An international phenomenon and a bestseller across Europe, Q is an ambitious, brilliant and angry historical thriller, written by four young Italians. Q has become a cult book of the noughties and offers far more than the average religious historical novel

Set in Reformation Europe, Q begins with Luther's nailing of his 95 theses on the door of the cathedral church in Wittenberg. Q traces the adventures and conflicts of two central characters: an Anabaptist, a member of the most radical of the Protestant sects and the anarchists of the Reformation, and a Catholic spy and informer, on their thrilling journey across Germany, Italy and the Netherlands. The four young writers who shelter behind the pseudonym Luther Blissett have created a world of intrigue, violence and intense political and religious passion. Far from the traditional example of historical fiction, Q is the stuff of which cults are made.

  • Published: 1 July 2004
  • ISBN: 9780099439837
  • Imprint: Arrow
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 672
  • RRP: $24.99

About the author

Luther Blissett

The former Watford and AC Milan striker Luther Blissett had nothing to do with the writing of this book. The real authors of Q live in Bologna.

Praise for Q

It bracingly reanimates an era of frenzy that longed to burn the world clean

The Guardian

The mud and blood, visions and ideals of 16th-century Europe come back to gruesome, glorious life

The Independent

Big and bloody and breathtaking: a crush of colour and crowds, exotic locations and war.

The Times

Imagine Umberto Eco's knack for the swashbuckling thriller-of-ideas crossed with an artful touch of the Le Carr's - it boasts pace, colour, excitement and suspense to spare- Q works like a charm as a sordid, splendid period romp.

Independent

If ever there was a novel that deserved to win prizes, accolades and plaudits, it is Q - A rich, inventive and immensely powerful book - Q is a great novel, one that tells us about ourselves and how we came to be here.

Scotland on Sunday
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