Il castello di Eymerich
core novel 2001 Nicolas Eymerich
Record
| First published | 2001 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  IT |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.89 (468 ratings, collected 2026-11-04) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9788804493075 |
| Internal chronology | 7 |
Synopsis
In 1369, during the civil war in Castile, the castle of Montiel is under siege by the forces of Henry of Trastamara, who are led largely by mercenaries. The inquisitor Nicolas Eymerich is sent to investigate reports that the besiegers use black magic and that the defenders rely on cabalistic practice. Dominicans dispatched by the Pope are assigned to counter this with demonology. A parallel storyline is set in the Dora concentration camp in the Second World War, where an SS officer carries out an experiment to revive a dead body in support of his electrical research.
Where it sits
- Universe: Nicolas Eymerich
- Series: Ciclo di Eymerich core; position 7 of 12 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Valerio Evangelisti
Notes
- First published in 2001 in Mondadori's Omnibus line; a Urania edition followed in 2002.
- From the series record (Ciclo di Eymerich): Twelve novels following the fourteenth-century inquisitor Nicolas Eymerich, each pairing a medieval plot with a modern or future one.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series Ciclo di Eymerich: position 7 of 12: previous Picatrix, la scala per l'inferno (1998) · next Mater Terribilis (2002)
Sources
- Wikipedia: Valerio Evangelisti
- Wikipedia (it): Ciclo di Eymerich
- Wikipedia (it): Il castello di Eymerich (Omnibus 2001 edition)
- Wikipedia: Il castello di Eymerich
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