'Heart' is a novel by Jonathan Chalstrey. What's it about?

 

Hernando is a 16th century surgeon ...

 

... chased out of Seville by the Inquisition for dissecting cadavers in the name of science

 

... expelled from Bologna University for loving a nun

 

... accused of negligence by an opportunistic aristocrat

 

... blackmailed into spying for the Sultan of the Ottomans

 

... sentenced to death by King Charles of Spain

 

Yet Hernando's only crime is stealing a manuscript by an Arab physician on the true workings of the human heart, as yet unknown in Europe.

 

Could bringing the manuscript to the west save his career and restore his reputation or will it end in betrayal and execution?

 

 

"Intriguing, unusual, and enjoyable, Heart is well worth a look."

reviewed by Rose Auburn ( roseauburn.com )

 

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