The relic master /
Buckley, Christopher, 1952-
The relic master / Christopher Buckley. - First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. - 380 pages ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages [379]-380).
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.
9781501125751 1501125753 9781501125768 1501125761
2015026355
Antique dealers--Fiction.
Holy Shroud--Fiction.
Relics--Fiction.
Humorous stories.
Historical fiction.
The relic master / Christopher Buckley. - First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. - 380 pages ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages [379]-380).
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.
9781501125751 1501125753 9781501125768 1501125761
2015026355
Antique dealers--Fiction.
Holy Shroud--Fiction.
Relics--Fiction.
Humorous stories.
Historical fiction.