The relic master
By: Christopher Buckley
Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 380
ISBN-13: 9781501125751; 9781501125768
Subjects: Holy Shroud; Antique dealers; Relics; Fiction
Description: 1517. Dismas is a relic hunter who procures "authentic" religious relics for wealthy and influential clients, and is as honest as any relic dealer can be. When Dismas and his artist friend Dürer conspire to manufacture a shroud to sell to the unsuspecting noble, Dürer's reckless pride exposes Cardinal Albrecht's newly acquired shroud as a fake, the Cardinal puts Dismas and Dürer in the custody of four loutish mercenaries and sends them all to steal Christ's burial cloth-- the Shroud of Chambéry-- Europe's most celebrated relic.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 379-380).