The relic master

The relic master / Christopher Buckley.

1517. Dismas is a relic hunter who procures "authentic" religious relics for wealthy and influential clients, and is as honest as any relic dealer can be. When Dismas and his artist friend Dürer conspire to manufacture a shroud to sell to the unsuspecting noble, Dürer's reckless pride...

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Main Author: Buckley, Christopher, 1952- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2015.
Edition:First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Subjects:
Antique dealers > Fiction.
Holy Shroud > Fiction.
Relics > Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Fiction.
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Summary:1517. Dismas is a relic hunter who procures "authentic" religious relics for wealthy and influential clients, and is as honest as any relic dealer can be. When Dismas and his artist friend Dürer conspire to manufacture a shroud to sell to the unsuspecting noble, Dürer's reckless pride exposes Cardinal Albrecht's newly acquired shroud as a fake, the Cardinal puts Dismas and Dürer in the custody of four loutish mercenaries and sends them all to steal Christ's burial cloth-- the Shroud of Chambéry-- Europe's most celebrated relic--Publisher description.
Physical Description:380 pages ; 25 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages [379]-380).
ISBN:9781501125751
1501125753
9781501125768
1501125761

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