A skull kept in a metal casket in the fortress of Ehrenbreitstein once belonged to a man who confessed to all seven deadly sins three times over. Jókai lets him tell his own story: a trial, a life among robbers in mountain caves, a stay in a monastery, service with a duke and an encounter with the Templars, each stage adding to his account of crimes.
A dark, inventive picaresque from Hungary’s great romantic novelist. Download the free EPUB.