Nicolas Eymerich, inquisitore
core novel 1994 Nicolas Eymerich
Record
| First published | 1994 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  IT |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.60 (1,844 ratings, collected 2026-11-04) |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
In the mid-fourteenth century the Dominican friar Nicolas Eymerich is working to have his appointment as Inquisitor General of the Kingdom of Aragon confirmed. While he waits, he investigates a secret neopagan cult devoted to the goddess Diana that has reached the court at Zaragoza. Two further storylines run alongside his. In the early twenty-first century the physicist Marcus Frullifer builds a theory that accounts for paranormal phenomena and could make interstellar travel possible. Two centuries later the spaceship Malpertuis sets out for a forgotten planet where Diana is still said to appear. The three threads are linked, because the journey through space also involves travel through time, and the ship's voyage ends at the moment Eymerich confronts the cult.
Where it sits
- Universe: Nicolas Eymerich
- Series: Ciclo di Eymerich core; position 1 of 12 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Valerio Evangelisti
Awards (verified)
- Premio Urania, 1993: won
Notes
- First published in the Urania paperback series (no. 1241) by Mondadori; Urania issues carry no ISBN.
- 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 1 of 12: next Le catene di Eymerich (1995)
Sources
- Wikipedia: Valerio Evangelisti
- Wikipedia (it): Ciclo di Eymerich
- Wikipedia (it): Nicolas Eymerich, inquisitore
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