Picatrix, la scala per l'inferno
core novel 1998 Nicolas Eymerich
Record
| First published | 1998 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  IT |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.77 (401 ratings, collected 2026-11-04) |
| Internal chronology | 6 |
Synopsis
In Zaragoza in 1361, Nicolas Eymerich fails to exorcise an apostate Christian and turns to the city's Jewish quarter, working with the converted Jew Alatzar. He finds a mystery of shining wheels of light and dog-headed monsters, in which anyone who owns a copy of the Picatrix, a book of magic, is killed. Alongside the Arab poet Ibn Khaldun he follows the trail beyond the Pillars of Hercules to the Fortunate Isles, to stop a prophecy of Christian doom. In the present day the physicist Marcus Frullifer investigates an asylum whose patients bark like dogs, while two armies, RACHE and Euroforce, fight an African sorcerer-king. Eymerich also faces his feelings for a Jewish prisoner, Myriam.
Where it sits
- Universe: Nicolas Eymerich
- Series: Ciclo di Eymerich core; position 6 of 12 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Valerio Evangelisti
Notes
- First published in the Urania paperback series (no. 1330) by Mondadori in 1998; 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 6 of 12: previous Cherudek (1997) · next Il castello di Eymerich (2001)
Sources
- Wikipedia: Valerio Evangelisti
- Wikipedia (it): Ciclo di Eymerich
- Wikipedia (it): Picatrix, la scala per l'inferno
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