The Heretic Doctor
Publishing date:12 november 2013
Synopsis:
The year 1553. Miguel Servet is condemned to burn at the stake by the Inquisition. Behind this sentence lurks an unjust judgement, a betrayal, and a cursed book.
Religious wars, heretical ideas, a persecuted man, the Inquisition, an unjust judgement, a cursed book... The advances of the Renaissance, the discovery of the circulation of blood, the persecution of heretics, the Inquisition’s witch hunts and executions... In the mid-sixteenth century, during the Protestant Reformation, a man will challenge religious and secular powers, campaigning for freedom of worship and the right to express one’s opinions.
El médico hereje is a story full of intrigue, excitement, passion, and betrayal, chronicling the trial and execution at the stake of Doctor Miguel Servet in 1553.
Technical Data
| Technical data | Publish date: 12 november 2013 ISBN: 978-84-08-11990-6 Pages: 400 Imprint: Editorial Planeta |
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| Option rights | Newton Compton (Italy). |
| Reviews | Miguel Servet is renowned in the world of medicine. The author has been invited to speak about Servet at several medical conferences across the world. A rigorously researched novel replete with a bibliography and chronology that will delight lovers of historical novels. In this new book, José Luis Corral presents Miguel Servet, a relatively unknown figure even though he was responsible for discovering the circulatory system, who was condemned to burn at the stake for heresy. |
