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Henry I, Duke of Guise

1550–1588

Henry I, Duke of Guise, was a French Catholic nobleman and leader of the Catholic League during the Wars of Religion. His rivalry with Henry III and opposition to Protestant influence made him one of the most dangerous political figures in late sixteenth-century France.

In S. J. Parris’s Conspiracy, Giordano Bruno returns to the court of Henry III as the French monarchy faces pressure from the Catholic League and the Duke of Guise.

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Giordano Bruno Novels in Order

by S. J. Parris 10 books 4.3

The Giordano Bruno novels follow the historical Italian philosopher through a fictional career as investigator and intelligence agent. Beginning with his youth in Dominican Naples and continuing through exile in Elizabethan England, France and Prague, the series combines murder mysteries with Reformation conflict, court politics, espionage and Renaissance…

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