{"product_id":"9781335145895","title":"Doctor Copernicus","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe classic novel by \"Irish master\" (\u003cem\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e) and Booker Prize–winner John Banville brings to life the dramatic and surprising world of sixteenth-century astronomer Nicolas Copernicus and the theory that would shatter the medieval view of the universe.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Sixteenth-century Europe is teeming with change and controversy: wars are being waged by princes and bishops and the repercussions of Luther are being felt through a convulsing Germany. In a remote corner of Poland, a modest canon is practicing medicine and studying the heavens, preparing a theory that will shatter the medieval view of the universe. In this astonishing work of historical imagination, John Banville offers a vivid portrait of a man of painful reticence. For, in a world that is equal parts splendor and barbarism, an obscure cleric who seeks “the secret music of the universe” poses a most devastating threat.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A tour de force… Exciting, beautifully written and astonishingly redolent of the late medieval world.\" —\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e","brand":"John Banville","offers":[{"title":"Hanover Square Press |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2024-02-13","offer_id":44662637986047,"sku":"9781335145895","price":18.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_e49f64ff-8859-451d-ac74-698e913902b9.jpg?v=1704556103","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781335145895","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}