{"product_id":"9780008163686-these-wicked-devices","title":"These Wicked Devices","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTHE HOLY CITY IS NO PLACE FOR MERCY          \u003cp\u003e            \u003cstrong\u003e'Matthew Plampin should rank with the best' \u003cem\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e          \u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003e            \u003cstrong\u003e'Plampin is heartbreakingly good' \u003cem\u003eThe Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e          \u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003e            \u003cstrong\u003e'Gripping, immersive, at times very funny and beautifully written, this is historical fiction of the highest quality' Elizabeth Fremantle\u003c\/strong\u003e          \u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003e            \u003cstrong\u003eRome, 1650. \u003c\/strong\u003e          \u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003eThe streets are teeming as thousands of pilgrims flood in for the Holy Jubilee, but behind the gilded façade of the Vatican, power is unravelling.\u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003eDonna Olimpia Maidalchini has long kept Pope Innocent X under her thumb, but as loyalties shift, her enemies close in. And her most dangerous opponents may be those she deems too weak to matter.\u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003eTwo destitute nuns arrive, fleeing the ruined city of Castro and each carrying secrets that could destroy them.\u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003eMeanwhile, the assistant to the famed Spanish artist Diego Velázquez is drawn into a perilous conspiracy – one that could bring Italy to its knees, and against which his own desperate ambitions seem to count for nothing.\u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003eAs the sweltering summer heat rises, survival, not salvation, becomes the ultimate goal – and in this world of sin, saints almost never survive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57793951662454,"sku":"9780008163686","price":8.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_41146237_a29cff46-066f-453e-b7b7-7f6b7d9b9c37.jpg?v=1778119987","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780008163686-these-wicked-devices","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}