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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 Dèurer conspire to manufacture a shroud to sell to the unsuspecting noble, Dèurer's reckless pride exposes Cardinal Albrecht's newly acquired shroud as a fake, the Cardinal puts Dismas and Dèurer in the custody of four loutish mercenaries and sends them all to steal Christ's burial cloth-- the Shroud of Chambâery-- Europe's most celebrated relic.

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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 Dèurer conspire to manufacture a shroud to sell to the unsuspecting noble, Dèurer's reckless pride exposes Cardinal Albrecht's newly acquired shroud as a fake, the Cardinal puts Dismas and Dèurer in the custody of four loutish mercenaries and sends them all to steal Christ's burial cloth-- the Shroud of Chambâery-- Europe's most celebrated relic.
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Autorenporträt
Christopher Buckley is a novelist, essayist, humorist, critic, magazine editor, and memoirist. His books include Thank You for Smoking, The Judge Hunter, Make Russia Great Again, and The Relic Master. He worked as a merchant seaman and White House speechwriter. He was awarded the Thurber Prize for American Humor and the Washington Irving Medal for Literary Excellence.