Description
In Paris in 1772, Sigismundo Celine—an exile, adventurer, and reluctant participant in the secret history of the Enlightenment—finds himself caught between Freemasons, Jacobites, Rosicrucians, aristocrats, and other factions competing to shape the future. Imprisonment, pursuit, and dangerous revelations draw him into a labyrinth of conspiracies surrounding an ancient prophecy and the mysterious identity of the “Widow’s Son.” Blending historical adventure with philosophical speculation, occult intrigue, and irreverent satire, the novel questions who truly controls history—and whether anyone can escape becoming part of it. It is a characteristically exuberant and subversive entry in the Historical Illuminatus Chronicles, written in a style that treats the past as both grand conspiracy and open-ended possibility.
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paperback
Bluejay Books
Published Jan 1, 1985
343 pages
ISBN: 9780312944575
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First Published
1985
Language
eng
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