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Q

byLuther Blissett, Shaun Whiteside (Translator)
Set in Reformation Europe, Q begins with Luther's nailing of his 95 theses on the door of the cathedral church in Wittenberg. Q traces the adventures and conflicts of two central characters: an Anabaptist, a member of the most radical of the Protestant sects and the anarchists of the Reformation, and a Catholic spy and informer, on their thrilling journey across Germany, Italy and the Netherlands. The four young writers who shelter behind the pseudonym Luther Blissett have created a world of intrigue, violence and intense political and religious passion. Far from the traditional example of historical fiction, Q is the stuff of which cults are made.

It bracingly reanimates an era of frenzy that longed to burn the world clean

The Guardian

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Details
  • Imprint: Arrow
  • ISBN: 9780099439837
  • Length: 672 pages
  • Dimensions: 197mm x 42mm x 129mm
  • Weight: 526g
  • Price: £9.99