num_pages: 672
description: 1517 Martin Luther nails his ninety-five theses to the door of Wittenburg Cathedral, and a dance of death begins between a radical Anabaptist with many names and a loyal papal spy, known mysteriously as "Q." In this brilliantly conceived literary thriller set in the chaos of the Reformation-an age devastated by wars of religion-a young theology student adopts the cause of heretics and the disinherited and finds himself pursued by a relentless papal informer and heretic-hunter. What begins as a personal struggle to reveal each others' identities becomes a mission that can only end in death.
language: English
title: Q
titlecomplete: Q
genres: Historical, Literature, Novels, Italian Literature, Italy, Religion, Historical Romance, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Mystery
ratings_count: 8189
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Guardian First Book Award
category: Longlist, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Independent Foreign Fiction Prize
category: Shortlist, awardedAt: 1451635200000
name: Metų verstinė knyga
publisher: Arrow