Secretum - Monaldi i Sorti (The Secret)

When Imprimatur was forbidden to be sold in Italy in 2002, at the same time when it gained numerous fans throughout Europe, the authors, Monaldi & Sorti have decided to write more about the abot Atto Melani and create a series of historical novels based on true stories. Their works have been translated into 20 languages in 45 countries.
They are exceptional authors. Like Alexandre Dumas, they have mastered the art of giving the proper reverence to Madame History. --Le Figaro
Nothing is as it seems in the Rome of Monaldi & Sorti. Based on years of research, their mysteries are ingeniously conceived and voluptuously written, keeping readers breathless in the suspense. What's their secret? Monaldi & Sorti are brilliant! --De Morgen
I was completely carried away by Secretum. You will cling to the pages! An opulent, powerful historical masterpiece. --Bild am Sonntag
Product Description
July, 1700, Rome. Atto Melani - once a celebrated castrato soprano, now a spy in the service of King Louis XIV, the Sun King - mingles with other high-ranking guests at the villa of Cardinal Spada. Despite being there to celebrate the Cardinal's nephew's wedding, the main topic of conversation is the grave illness of the Pope and the approaching demise of Charles II, King of Spain. Charles has no heir and Kaiser Leopold of Austria and King Louis are each demanding the throne, with the Vatican supposedly mediating. Keen to promote his master's cause, Melani sets in motion a grandiose conspiracy that will plunge him into a world of secret languages, religious sects, forged Royal wills and Europe into war.

Dimensions: 13 x 20 cm (soft cover), 684 pages, Latin script.