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The Earth Will Shake

by Robert Anton WilsonBook 1 of 3 in The Historical Illuminatus Chronicles
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They have been with us all through history: The "Invisible College" of wisdom, and their adversaries—the destroyers—who rise from the flames to burn again. The history of the world is their story: a conspiracy as vast and all-encompassing as the riddle of time itself. In Naples, Italy, in 1764, a young aristocrat is about to stumble onto one piece of the great pattern. Through a heartless murder and his passion for the beautiful daughter of his enemy, young Sigismundo Celine uncovers the mystery of the Rossi brigade, former M.A.F.I.A. assassins, and the secret agenda of the dreaded Inquisition. In the wind of the raging social storm that will soon tear through Europe and America with the flame of revolution, Sigismundo begins his journey of discovery, joined by the boy Mozart, Dr. Frankenstein, Casanova the spy, lover and magician...and a mysterious violet-eyed assassin who calls him "brother." Join him. The journey has just begun.

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ViolenceGraphic
CombatSkirmish-Heavy
HorrorCreepy

Details

First published
January 1983
Pages
369
Reading time
About 7 hours
Format
Novel
Audience
Adult
Publisher
New Falcon Publications
Language
English
ISBN
9781561841622
Series
The Historical Illuminatus Chronicles, Book 1

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