Name: The Valet
SKU: 65195539
Price: 29.00 EUR
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Author: Thorvald Steen;Olivia Lasky
ISBN: 9781803096223

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Publisher

Seagull Books London Ltd

Author

Thorvald Steen;Olivia Lasky

Collection

The Norwegian List

Year

2026

Pages

152

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

22.9x15.2 cm

ISBN13

9781803096223

The Valet

Thorvald Steen;Olivia Lasky (Author) · Seagull Books London Ltd · Paperback

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Synopsis "The Valet"

A gripping historical novel that explores how the Fourth Crusade plundered Constantinople and forever changed the course of European history. The year is 1204. Stripped of his power and held captive, Massimo Gasparino, once the most trusted aide to the Doge of Venice, pens a desperate secret letter to Pope Innocent III. His confession? He has witnessed the most egregious crime in human history: the deliberate diversion of the Fourth Crusade from Jerusalem to the heart of Christian Europe, Constantinople. As the city is ruthlessly plundered and its treasures shipped to Venice, Gasparino’s letter exposes the Doge’s shocking betrayal, a sin that irrevocably alters the course of history. But with his life and the fate of this explosive truth hanging precariously in the balance, can he get his message to Pope Innocent III before the Doge silences him forever?The Valet is a tense, intimate drama of ambition, guilt, and the enduring shadows of a war that still resonates in today’s world.