Gregor Majdic

Gabriel's Passion Gregor Majdic

Gabriel's Passion is a historic novel about the Franciscan monk in love with the science and his childhood friend, beautiful Lucretia, wife of the nobleman. Story is set in the 16. century, the period when Rome was hotbed of sin. For papal throne people paid, bribed and even killed. Diminished church authority was kept together by the inquisition, set up in time when our heroes grew up in the northern Italy. At the same time, this was the time of enlightenment and reformation. In Saxony, Martin Luther was born, new universities were established in European cities. Gabriel is a true child of his time. Illegitimate son, he is thorn from his young age between love for woman and love for God, whom he also challenges by his desire for knowledge. Night by night in the catacombs of the cathedral Gabriel dissects corpses to learn more about human body. He risks the favor of his superiors, and tests the patience of the inquisition, that does not avoid their town...