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Bodo, the Apostate
by Donald Michael Platt
Publisher: Raven’s Wing Books
Publication Date: September 29, 2014
Publication Date: September 29, 2014
Genre:
Historical Fiction
Formats:
eBook, Paperback
About
the book:
“… in the meantime, a
credible report caused all ecclesiastics of the Catholic Church to
lament and weep.” Prudentius of Troyes, Annales Bertiniani, anno 839
On
Ascension Day May 22, 838, Bishop Bodo, chaplain, confessor, and favorite
of both his kin, Emperor Louis the Pious, son of Charlemagne, and
Empress Judith, caused the greatest scandal of the Carolingian
Empire and the 9th century Roman Church.
Bodo, the novel,
dramatizes the causes, motivations, and aftermath of Bodo’s
astonishing cause célèbre that took place during an age of superstitions, a
confused Roman Church, heterodoxies, lingering paganism, broken oaths,
rebellions, and dissolution of the Carolingian Empire.
PRAISE
“In
a masterfully controlled narrative, Platt builds up to this amazing moment,
taking readers first through Bodo’s childhood, upbringing, and rise to
power at the heart of the 9th century Carolingian Empire,
whose kings, princes, prelates and ordinary people Platt captures with a
pitch-perfect blend of research and dramatization. By the time the story
winds its way to Bodo’s momentous decision, I, too, felt like everything
in the world was on the line. A fantastic,
thought-provoking novel; very enthusiastically recommended.” – Historical Novel Society (Editor’s Choice Pick)
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Author of
four other novels, ROCAMORA, HOUSE OF ROCAMORA, A GATHERING OF VULTURES, and
CLOSE TO THE SUN, Donald Michael Platt was born and raised in San
Francisco. Donald graduated from Lowell High School and received his B.A. in
History from the University of California at Berkeley. After two
years in the Army, Donald attended graduate school at San Jose State
where he won a batch of literary awards in the annual SENATOR PHELAN
LITERARY CONTEST.
Donald moved
to southern California to begin his professional writing career. He sold to the TV
series, MR. NOVAK, ghosted for health food guru, Dan Dale Alexander, and wrote
for and with diverse producers, among them as Harry Joe Brown, Sig Schlager,
Albert J. Cohen, Al Ruddy plus Paul Stader Sr, Hollywood stuntman and stunt/2nd
unit director. While in Hollywood, Donald taught Creative Writing and Advanced
Placement European History at Fairfax High School where he was Social Studies
Department Chairman.
After living
in Florianópolis, Brazil, setting of his horror novel A GATHERING OF VULTURES,
pub. 2007 & 2011, he moved to Florida where he wrote as a with: VITAMIN
ENRICHED, pub.1999, for Carl DeSantis, founder of Rexall Sundown Vitamins; and THE COUPLE’S
DISEASE, Finding a Cure for Your Lost “Love” Life, pub. 2002, for Lawrence S.
Hakim, MD, FACS, Head of Sexual Dysfunction Unit at the Cleveland
Clinic.
Currently,
Donald resides in Winter Haven, Florida where he is polishing a dark novel and
preparing to write a sequel to CLOSE TO THE SUN.
For more
information please visit Donald Michael Platt’s website. You can also
connect with him on Facebook and Twitter.
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