{"product_id":"relic-master-1","title":"Relic Master","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eRelic Master\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eChristopher Buckley\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781501125751\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eSimon \u0026amp; Schuster\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2015\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003e5th\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e400\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author Christopher Buckley, \"one of the funniest writers in the English language\" (Tom Wolfe), a compelling and hilarious adventure featuring a sixteenth-century relic hunter and his best friend, Albrecht Dürer, who conspire to forge the Shroud of Turin. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe year is 1517. Dismas is a relic hunter: one who procures \"authentic\" religious relics for wealthy and influential clients. His two most important patrons are Frederick the Wise, Elector of Saxony and soon-to-be Cardinal Albrecht of Mainz. While Frederick is drawn to the recent writing of Martin Luther, Albrecht pursues the financial and political benefits of religion and seeks to buy a cardinalship through the selling of indulgences. When Albrecht's ambitions increase his demands for grander and more marketable relics, Dismas and his artist friend Dürer conspire to manufacture a shroud to sell to the unsuspecting noble. Unfortunately Dürer's reckless pride exposes Albrecht's newly acquired shroud as a fake, so Albrecht 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn their journey to Savoy where the Shroud will be displayed, they battle a lustful count and are joined by a beautiful female apothecary. It is only when they reach their destination that they realize they are not alone in their intentions to acquire a relic of dubious legitimacy. Filled with fascinating details about art, religion, politics and science; Vatican intrigue; and Buckley's signature wit, \u003ci\u003eThe Relic Master \u003c\/i\u003eis a delightfully rich and intelligent comic adventure.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Relic Master | Christopher Buckley | Hardcover | 9781501125751 | Used: Very Good | Back Stacks B 1779036","offer_id":49815477026968,"sku":"1779036","price":10.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/91EteeOvxdL.jpg?v=1788548636","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/relic-master-1","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}