The Relic Master: A Novel

Synopsis

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. Rome, 2017 -- Part One. Basel, 1517; Rhine; Albrecht; Frederick; Durer; Boat Of The Fisherman; Disaster; The Shroud Of Mainz; Render Unto Caesar; To Hell With Purgatory; On My Honor; A Great Day; Not A Great Day; Cardinal Sin; Is Something Amiss?; Penance; Dismissal -- Part Two. Cunrat, Nutker, Unks; Count Lothar; Magda; Attack; Paracelsus; The Dance Of Death; Gifts; The Bauges; Chambery; A Plan; Lothar Redux; Rostang; Charles The Good; Three Kings; Digitalis; Very Awkward; Ecce Sindon; That Was A Viewing, Eh?; Did It Do The Trick?; Consummatum Est; At The Bibulous Bishop; Pursuivants; Rehearsal; What Would Jesus Want?; What If They Drink The Wine?; Let Us Ambulate Together; The Last Supper; We Are Finished, You And I; Places, Gentlemen; He'd Better Be; The Bridge; Suggestions, Gentlemen?; Why, Hammering?; Vois. Ci. Loth. -- Vale -- Appendix -- Sources. Christopher Buckley. Includes Bibliographical References (pages [379]-380).