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Out of the Flames: The Remarkable Story of a Fearless Scholar, a Fatal Heresy, and One of the Rarest Books in the World

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In the tradition of "Longitude" and "Brunelleschi's Dome, " this is the fascinating story of Michael Servetus, a bold freethinker who discovered ... Show synopsis

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Reviews of Out of the Flames: The Remarkable Story of a Fearless Scholar, a Fatal Heresy, and One of the Rarest Books in the World

Overall customer rating: 5.000
wordslea

Three in one

by wordslea on Jul 5, 2012

As the title intimates, the authors weave 3 stories into 1 suspenseful tale. The reader is left to ponder the fruit of two scholars, to judge their lives, and to marvel at the true Sovereign. More

TELZALL

PAGE TURNING HISTORY!!

by TELZALL on Dec 2, 2010

The book itself was in excellent condition! The story it unfolded was informative, entertaining, heartbreaking and an intellectual adventure through the 16th Century. It gave a particularized characterization of the Inquisition by focusing on one man's struggle over religious and scientific free ... More

dczd

Fascinating - reads like a mystery

by dczd on Apr 1, 2007

My husband and I Ioved this book, and have recommended it over and over again as some of the best non-fiction we have ever read. The book opens with Calvin's burning of a monk at the stake for heresy - because the monk wrote a book which challenged the Trinity. Calvin also had all of the monk's books ... More

Luvagoodbook

Excellent-real page turner

by Luvagoodbook on Apr 1, 2007

Very informative and readable. Fascinating account of Michael Servetus, but I also learned a lot about Calvin, Gutenburg and printers of the day, etc. - this book has a wealth of information woven into a fast paced narrative. Then we have the book detectives on the trail of a rare book and how the ... More

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