reformation. The book spans 30 years as he is pursued by 'Q' (short for "Qoèlet"), a spy for the Roman Catholic Church cardinal Giovanni Pietro Carafa....

is mentioned repeatedly as the cardinal whose spy and agent provocateur, Qoelet, causes many of the disasters to befall Protestants during the Reformation...

includes the following: Il grande vento by Gianriccardo Piccoli (born 1941) Qoelet also by Piccoli Baptism of Christ by Giovanni Battista Moroni Companion...