The Earth Will Shake: The Historical Illuminatus Chronicles - Softcover

Wilson, Robert Anton

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1561841625 ISBN 13: 9781561841622

Publisher: New Falcon Pubns, 2008

Synopsis

They have been with us all through history: The "Invisible College" of wisdom, and their adversaries--the destroyers--who rise from the flames to burn again. The history of the world is their story: a conspiracy as vast and all-encompassing as the riddle of time itself.

In Naples, Italy, in 1764, a young aristocrat is about to stumble onto one piece of the great pattern. Through a heartless murder and his passion for the beautiful daughter of his enemy, young Sigismundo Celine uncovers the mystery of the Rossi brigade, former M.A.F.I.A. assassins, and the secret agenda of the dreaded Inquisition.

In the wind of the raging social storm that will soon tear through Europe and America with the flame of revolution, Sigismundo begins his journey of discovery, joined by the boy Mozart, Dr. Frankenstein, Casanova the spy, lover and magician...and a mysterious violet-eyed assassin who calls him "brother." Join him. The journey has just begun.

About this title

About the Author:

Novelist, teacher and former Playboy editor, Robert Anton Wilson is the author of the Cosmic Trigger trilogy; the Illuminatus! trilogy (with Robert Shea); the Schrodinger's Cat trilogy; the Historical Illuminatus series; Sex, Drugs & Magick; Prometheus Rising; Quantum Psychology; Coincidance; Email to the Universe; and many other works.

Review:

"More important than Ulysses or Finnegans Wake." -- Timothy Leary

"Devilish ... I loved it!" -- Greil Marcus, Rolling Stone

"When it comes to intelligent dissent, Wilson is the motherload. More importantly, he's funnier than a barrel of monkeys reciting the pledge of allegiance on the capital steps." --RU Sirius, Editor, Mondo 2000

About this edition

• Publisher: New Falcon Pubns
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1561841625
• ISBN 13: 9781561841622
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 369