Imprimatur - R. Monaldi i F. Sorti (Impressed)

A thriller in the vein of Umberto Eco’s The Name of the Rose, this novel contains startling revelations that have been concealed for centuries, drawing on original papers discovered in the Vatican archives. First published to great controversy in Italy in 2002, Imprimatur was boycotted by the Italian press and publishing world. Despite this, the novel has gained European bestseller status.

Rome, September 1683. While the Turkish army advances on the border between the West and besieged Vienna, the sudden death of one person in an inn in the center of the Holy City creates panic: poison or plague? From the fear of disease, the inn is a registered quarantine and guests are locked in their rooms, among them the Abbot Ato Melanie, a secret agent in the service of Louis XIV, who is determined to discover what lies behind the strange deaths. His investigation, however, will bring to light the terrible secret, an international conspiracy in which blood is intertwined with religion, politics and espionage. In a Baroque period of Rome full of uncertainty, the secret underground corridors and alchemical laboratories, relic hunters and illegal printing houses, strange medical and culinary recipes, light is shed on an unimaginable aspect in the history of Europe. It has always been covered up by conspiracy, which the authors of this novel have managed to reveal after 10 years of historical research. It has been successfully translated in over 20 languages and has become a European and world bestseller.

Dimensions: 13 x 20 cm (soft cover), 614 pages, Latin script.