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S.J. Parris

Born

The United Kingdom

Website

http://www.sjparris.com

Genre

Historical Fiction

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Pseudonym for author Stephanie Merritt

S.J. Parris began reviewing books for national newspapers while she was reading English literature at Queens' College, Cambridge. After graduating, she went on to become Deputy Literary Editor of The Observer in 1999. She continues to work as a feature writer and critic for the Guardian and the Observer and from 2007-2008 she curated and produced the Talks and Debates program on issues in contemporary arts and politics at London's Soho Theatre. She has appeared as a panelist on various Radio Four shows and on BBC2's Newsnight Review, and is a regular chair and presenter at the Hay Festival and the National Theatre. She has been a judge for the Costa Biography Award, the Orange New Writing Award and the ...more

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Average rating: 4.04 · 49,500 ratings · 3,852 reviews · 20 distinct works • Similar authors

	Heresy (Giordano Bruno, #1) 3.82 avg rating — 15,012 ratings — published 2010 — 60 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Prophecy (Giordano Bruno, #2) 3.96 avg rating — 8,919 ratings — published 2011 — 39 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sacrilege (Giordano Bruno, #3) 4.07 avg rating — 5,617 ratings — published 2012 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Treachery (Giordano Bruno, #4) 4.22 avg rating — 4,283 ratings — published 2014 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Conspiracy (Giordano Bruno, #5) 4.21 avg rating — 3,971 ratings — published 2016 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Execution (Giordano Bruno, #6) 4.38 avg rating — 3,782 ratings — published 2020 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Alchemy (Giordano Bruno, #7) 4.27 avg rating — 2,753 ratings — published 2023 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dead of Winter (Giordano Bruno, #0.5-0.7) 4.07 avg rating — 1,647 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Secret Dead (Giordano Bruno, #0.5) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,480 ratings — published 2014 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Traitor’s Legacy (Sophia de Wolfe #1) 4.34 avg rating — 608 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by S.J. Parris (?)

“I do not believe that any book should be denied to the man who possesses the wisdom to understand it, Bruno, but that does not mean I am confused about where truth lies.”
― S.J. Parris, Heresy

tags: banned-books, heresy

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“But they argued as lawyers do, they twisted every answer I gave until it sounded like the opposite meaning, and I became so confused and afraid I found myself agreeing to statements that I knew were not true.”
― S.J. Parris, Heresy

tags: interrogation, lawyers

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“It is strange the way that someone who wants to find you guilty can start to make you believe in your own guilt, even when you know you are innocent. I was afraid I would condemn myself my mistake.”
― S.J. Parris, Heresy

tags: guilt, heresy, lawyers

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Polls

What book about the Tudors or Tudor England would you like to have as our Group Read in May 2017?

The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors by Dan Jones

12 votes, 16.2%

Blood Sisters: The Women Behind The War Of The Roses by Sarah Gristwood

9 votes, 12.2%

The Wives of Henry VIII by Antonia Fraser

9 votes, 12.2%

The Unfaithful Queen: A Novel of Henry VIII's Fifth Wife by Carolly Erickson

8 votes, 10.8%

Anne Boleyn: A King's Obsession by Alison Weir

7 votes, 9.5%

Elizabeth and Mary: Cousins, Rivals, Queens by Jane Dunn

6 votes, 8.1%

Prophecy by S.J. Parris

5 votes, 6.8%

Mary Tudor: Princess, Bastard, Queen by Anna Whitelock

4 votes, 5.4%

The Tudor Bride by Joanna Hickson

4 votes, 5.4%

Graven with diamonds: the many lives of Thomas Wyatt : courtier, poet, assassin, spy by Nicola Shulman

3 votes, 4.1%

The Pleasure Palace by Kate Emerson

2 votes, 2.7%

The Queen's Rival by Diane Haeger

2 votes, 2.7%

To Die For: A Novel of Anne Boleyn by Sandra Byrd

1 vote, 1.4%

The Colours of Our Petals by Aled Davies

1 vote, 1.4%

John Dudley: The Life of Lady Jane Grey's Father-in-Law by Christine Hartweg

1 vote, 1.4%

74 total votes

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