The Oracle of Luna

Presentation

​1533, Calabria. Giovanni Tratore's life is turned upside down by his meeting with Elena, a Venetian noblewoman whose ship ran aground near his village. Once the Venetians have left, Giovanni is haunted by the desire to find the young woman. Driven by this insane passion, the peasant leaves his native region and travels up Italy to Venice. The love quest then becomes an initiatory path, punctuated by encounters with strange and erudite characters, but also a theological thriller when Giovanni is entrusted by an astrologer with a letter carrying an explosive message intended for the Pope...

Historical fresco whose plot takes place in the heart of a 16th century haunted by religious and philosophical quarrels, novel of love and adventure, meditation on the theme of destiny and free will, The Oracle della Luna is a captivating story that takes us from the palaces to the prisons of Venice, from the monasteries of Mount Athos to the corsair penal colony of Algiers, from Jerusalem to the ghetto of Cyprus.

• Albin Michel, October 4, 2006 – 624 pages – EAN: 978-2226173515
• LGF The pocket book, May 2008 – 736 pages – EAN: 978-2253123040

Translations

Germany : C. BERTELSMANN VERLAG
Latin America : EDICIONES GRIJALBO
English: EBOOK – The Oracle of the Moon (English Edition)
Arabic: DAR AL KHAYAL
Brazil: Suma / Objetiva
Korea: CHANGHAE PUBLISHING
Spain (Castilian): EDICIONES GRIJALBO
Greece: DIAMANDIS AND CO .
Netherlands: LUITINGH-SIJTHOFF Uitgeverij
Poland: ALATROS WYDAWNICTWO
Portugal: SUMA DE LETRAS
Romania: RAO INTERNATIONAL
Russia: EKSMO EDITIONS

What the press says

A historical and religious thriller in the prestigious tradition of Umberto Eco. The plot is very well put together and the love story keeps the reader in suspense until the last of the 617 pages.
Paris Match

A stormy breath sweeps through this humanist and mystical novel. We are stunned by the wisdom, the intelligence, the science, the strength that permeates it.
The Literary Figaro

“A beautiful adventure, full of sound and fury, emotion and tenderness, a novel inhabited by grace. We come away upset. "
The life

We read Lenoir's 600 pages with disconcerting speed.
More than a big historical thriller, it is a philosophical tale written by a scholar, who, unlike Dan Brown, relies on solid knowledge.
Sunday Newspaper

“A magnificent intrigue”
Europe 1

“Look no further, I have your book for the weekend: “The Oracle of Luna”. Love, adventure, and conspiracy in full renaissance, it's exciting... A history of religions for dummies remixed by Alexandre Dumas.
RTL

“A thrilling thriller that finds its accuracy and originality”
Le Pèlerin

“Romantic twists and turns, picaresque, real suspense… a generous, ambitious and entertaining book”
Read

“A rare talent”
Psychologies

“An initiatory, picaresque and sentimental novel... written by someone intelligent and humanist passionate about the question of destiny and free will”
Elle