Willocks tale does not hesitate to use graphic violence as appropriate for the story read empires of the sea, for a purely historical telling but it is. Willocks holds a second dan black belt in shotokan karate. Tim willocks is a british physician and novelist born 27 october 1957 in stalybridge, cheshire, england. The dress is certainly fancy in tim willocks big, muscular historical novel the religion. The religion by tim willocks, 9780765357557, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. He has worked with major hollywood directors, dined at the white house and holds a black belt in shotokan karate. Hailed as the best thriller sincethe silence of the lambs daily telegraph, it was particularly praised for the quality of tim willocks prose and for his extraordinarily dark imagination. The religion is intermittently salacious, frequently overwrought, and utterly bloodyhanded. Discover more authors youll love listening to on audible. Not since james clavell has a novelist so powerfully and assuredly plunged readers headlong into another place and time.
The religion is the first book of the tannhauser trilogy, and from the first page of this epic account of the last great medieval conflict between east and west, it is clear we are in the hands of a master. Tim willocks was born in stalybridge, cheshire, in 1957 and studied medicine at university college hospital medical school. Translated into twenty languages, his novels include the religion, bad city blues, green river rising and twelve children of paris. The main protagonist tannhauser is a former christian, former janissary and current newagey libertine materialist with a penchant for wenching, opium, and extreme violence. The twelve children of paris once again, i say a huge thank you to tim willocks for taking the time to answer my questions, and i hope the book will get the success it. The debut book of the mattias tannhauser series written by author tim willocks is entitled the religion. The turks know the knights as the the hounds of hell. The religion by tim willocks, on the other hand, chooses this epochal siege as the grand setting for a tawdry tale that does violence to both history and good taste. The religion is an excellent book, both for the history of the great siege and for the story. Here is finally the interview of tim willocks for his new book, the magistral new adventure of mattias tannhauser. Tim willockss fundamentalist bloodfest, the religion, is a big, brash movie in waiting, says chris petit. That noble genre continues today in tim willocks insanely violent the religion.
Tim willocks tim willocks used books, rare books and new books. Founded in 1997, has become a leading book price comparison site. Abbas bin murad spares the boys life, carrying mattias out of the village and into a life of adventure, amply documented in this first book of a. There are knights in armor sometimes shining, sometimes splattered with blood and muck and fair. The religion by tim willocksaudiobook excerpt youtube. Browse tim willockss bestselling audiobooks and newest titles.
Bad city blues, green river rising, bloodstained kings, the religion, doglands. The religion tannhauser trilogy, book 1 by tim willocks. An overstuffed, overheated adventure novel can be just the thing on long summer days, and they dont come much more overstuffed or overheated than the religion, tim willocks new historical adventure. The haunted hero sets out on an impossible mission as a great holy. The religion, an historical novel by tim willocks, is set in malta during the 1565 seige of malta, and follows the exploits of mattias tannhauser and his friends as they struggle to outwit death at the hands of suleiman shah and the ottoman army. British psychiatrist, screenwriter and novelist willocks bloodstained kings, 1998, etc. So lets have a look at what i liked about this book. Tim willocks the religion, a sweeping epic romance set against the turkish siege of malta in 1565, a battle that determined the shapes of christian europe and the islamic world for centuries to. The prose is beautifully crafted and woven together. It was released by the sarah crichton books in 2006. He painted gory pictures of religious war from both sides of the battle lines. Connoisseurs of bad sex in fiction will love the religion, a book that. Suleiman the magnificent, emperor of the ottomans, has declared a jihad against the knights of saint john the baptist. The religion tannhauser trilogy by willocks, tim and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.
Find and compare hundreds of millions of new books, used books, rare books and out of print books from over. Tim willocks has 20 books on goodreads with 12360 ratings. The largest armada of all time approaches the knights christian stronghold on the island of malta. Yes, tannhauser is nearly super human and times, but he is also a flawed normal man at others. The religion by tim willocks, 9780099493594, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Tim willocks delivers a real mixed bag that sits on the precipice of an epic with the wasteland of mediocrity spreading out below. Both these qualities are very much in evidence in his new novel,the religion. The religion isbn 9780765357557 pdf epub tim willocks. Into it, willocks introduces the rogue mattias tannhauser, son of a saxon blacksmith. Tim willocks audio books, best sellers, author bio. She believes hes in malta, which is now in the midst of a military siege between the emperor of the ottomans, and the knights of saint john the baptist. Tim willocks brings readers the religion, an epic historical fiction that tells the tale of legendary warrior mattias tannhauser.
Tim willocks the religion, a sweeping epic romance set against the turkish siege of malta in 1565, a battle that determined the shapes of. Bad city blues, green river rising, bloodstained kings, the religion, doglands, and his latest the twelve children of paris. Not since james clavell has a novelist so powerfully and assuredly plunged readers headlong into another world and time. Tim willocks the religion understanding spirituality. From the first page of this epic account of the last great medieval conflict between. The religion is the first of a trilogy and those of us who have just read it have an advantage over those who finished it a while ago. Tim willocks the religion, a sweeping epic romance set against the turkish. But willocks, a british doctor and filmmaker, makes length and histrionics into unexpected virtues with some nifty plotting and a darkly charismatic leading man. Christianity is under threat from the muslim south and lutheran north.
He is the author of the novels bad city blues, bloodstained kings, and green river rising, which has been translated into fifteen languages. The religion is book one of the tannhauser triology, and from the first page of this epic account of the last great medieval conflict between east and west, it is clear we are in the hands of a master. A novel tannhauser trilogy book 1 by willocks, tim. Listen to this audiobook excerpt from tim willocks novel the religion, book one of the tannhauser triology. The religion tannhauser trilogy, book 1 by tim willocks book cover. Tim willockss new novel is set during the first great siege of malta, when for three months in 1565 a garrison of knights hospitaller from the order of st john held the island against the. In 1994 tim willocks burst onto the scene with an unforgettable novel calledgreen river rising. Listen to this audiobook excerpt from tim willocks novel the religion, book one. Vol 1 of the tannhauser trilogy 2006, for one, set in the cauldron of the great siege of malta. Interview with tim willocks for the twelve children of. From the first page of this epic account of the last great medieval conflict between east and west, it is clear we are in the hands of a master.