{"product_id":"kingdom-6","title":"Kingdom","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''This is a brilliant, shocking book ... also witty, painfully self-critical and humane ...  it is a work of great literature'' Tim Whitmarsh,\u003ci\u003e Guardian\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e     \u003cbr\u003e''\u003ci\u003eThe Kingdom\u003c\/i\u003e, already a huge bestseller in France, is thrilling, magnificent and strange'' Bryan Appleyard, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe sensational international bestseller from one of France''s most fêted writers - an epic novel telling the story of Christianity as it has never been told before, and one man''s crisis of faith.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eCorinth, ancient Greece, two thousand years ago. An itinerant preacher, poor, wracked by illness, tells the story of a prophet who was crucified in Judea, who came back from the dead, and whose return is a sign of something enormous. Like a contagion, the story will spread over the city, the country and, eventually, the world. Emmanuel Carrère''s astonishing historical epic tells the story of the mysterious beginnings of Christianity, bringing to life a distant, primeval past of strange sects, apocalyptic beliefs and political turmoil. In doing so Carrère, once himself a fervent believer, questions his own faith, asks why we believe in resurrection, and what it means. \u003ci\u003eThe Kingdom\u003c\/i\u003e is his masterpiece.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''An utterly brilliant book'' Catherine Nixey, \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57319478690174,"sku":"NW9780141981154","price":10.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780141981154.jpg?v=1778246944","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/kingdom-6","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}