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Originally published as Heresy in the United Kingdom in 2024 by Picador.

FIRST US EDITION

Cover design by Richard Ljoenes

Cover images (clockwise from top left): Christ as the Man of Sorrows by Carlo Dolci, Private Collection © Christie’s Images/Bridgeman Images; Ira Aldridge as Othello, the Moor of Venice by James Northcote © Manchester Art Gallery/Bridgeman Images; The Holy Face by Novgorod School © Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow/Bridgeman Images; Jesus Christ by Carl Heinrich Bloch © Camilo Vergara; Jesus Christ, 1898, from the Library of Congress; Christ Blessing by Giovanni Bellini © Louvre, Paris, France/Bridgeman Images

Digital Edition DECEMBER 2024 ISBN: 978-0-358-65288-5

Version 10182024

Print ISBN: 978-0-358-65291-5