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基本信息·出版社：Bantam Books
·页码：416 页
·出版日期：2006年12月
·ISBN：0385339623
·条形码：9780385339629
·版本：2006-12-26
·装帧：精装
·开本：20开 Pages Per Sheet
·外文书名：耶稣裹尸布之谜
内容简介 Book DescriptionOne of History’s Most Sacred Treasures . . . An Age-Old Secret Conspiracy . . . Now the Truth is Revealed . . .
THE BROTHERHOOD OF THE HOLY SHROUD is the explosive international bestseller that mixes fact and fiction to tell the riveting story of one of the world’s most controversial relics, the Turin Shroud – believed by millions of the faithful to bear the likeness of Christ – and the desperate race to save it from those who will stop at nothing to possess its legendary power. A fire at the Cathedral of Turin and the discovery of a strangely mutilated body attract the attention of Italy’s special Art Crimes Department. For the fire is only the latest in a troubling series of arson attacks and break-ins at the cathedral which houses the famous shroud. Department chief Marco Valoni leads a team of top investigators in a race to solve a crime certain to shock the world: someone is planning to steal the Holy Shroud.
Spanning centuries and continents, from the storm-rent skies over Cavalry, through the glories of Byzantium and the intrigue and treachery of the Crusades, The Brotherhood of the Holy Shroud is a provocative page-turner of the highest order – one that will challenge you to believe.
Book Dimension length: (cm)22.9 width:(cm)15.7
作者简介 The Brotherhood of the Holy Shroud is Julia Navarro’s first novel. On publication in Spain it was a number one bestseller. It is now being published across the world.
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From Publishers Weekly For readers who can''t get enough of the religious suspense genre, here''s a heaping helping of more of the same. When the unidentified body of a tongueless man turns up in the ashes of a suspicious fire in the Turin cathedral, home of the Holy Shroud of Turin, Marco Valoni, director of the Italian Art Crimes Department, investigates. This gruesome find reflects a pattern of tongueless men and mysterious fires that goes back many years and centers on the shroud. A history of Jesus'' burial cloth through the ages alternates with a modern mystery involving several shadowy, anonymous groups of powerful, wealthy men, who either want to steal the sacred cloth or protect it. Marco and his band of art crimes cops and researchers must piece together who wants what and why. This was a bestseller in Europe, and while Navarro never gets up to
Da Vinci Code speed, she does neatly solve the pesky problem of just why carbon dating puts the age of the shroud at the 13th or 14th century.
(Jan.) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
From Booklist This internationally best-selling first novel takes place in modern-day Italy and across the ages. A fire at the Turin cathedral, where Jesus'' shroud is about to be displayed, leads to the discovery of a secret group that is after the holy relic. Descended from a disciple of Jesus who obtained the original shroud, those sent to reclaim the cloth cut out their tongues so they will not disclose their mission. Out to foil their plans are modern-day Knights Templar, who believe they are the true guardians of the shroud. Navarro''s story flips back and forth, covering the Italian police''s investigation into the fire and following the shroud''s journey from the first century CE. Plenty of action and a cast of well-drawn characters will satisfy
The Da Vinci Code fans, though, as in Dan Brown''s book, the biblical history is not always accurate. But fans of the genre will find much to like here, and Navarro even provides an explanation as to how the Shroud of Turin can be a true relic even though the cloth has been carbon-dated to the Middle Ages.
Ilene CooperCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved Review “For readers who can’t get enough of the religious suspense genre.”—
Publishers Weekly
