The Astronomer: A Novel of Suspense

By Lawrence Goldstone

Book Overview

A student at the Catholic College de Montaigu, serving as a courier for the Inquisition, is murdered by members of an extreme Lutheran sect for the packet of letters he is carrying. His friend and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802719864
• ISBN13: 9780802719867
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: Walker & Company
• Length: 293 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.5" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

Remarkable parallels to our times

This is a good adventure, rich in historical detail, with a believable level of violence. Set during the Reformation in France, there are many parallels to our own times - corruption in high places, plots and traps and machinations of the powerful all playing on the hatreds and fears of the ignorant, and science struggling to bring light into a world emerging into a new paradigm.