Renaissance
The Medici
The notorious Medici were a Florentine family that rose to prominence through a highly profitable banking business. They then dabbled…
The Burning Chambers
In Carcassonne in 1562, bookseller’s daughter Minou Joubert is baffled and unnerved when she finds an anonymous note addressed to…
Botticelli’s Muse
Botticelli’s Muse, the first in Dorah Blume’s trilogy set in Renaissance Florence, begins in 1477, when the artist Sandro Botticelli…
The Painter’s Apprentice
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Maria Bartolini, the daughter of a master gilder in Venice in 1510, wants to follow in her father’s footsteps. But…
Stone Circle
In 16th-century Pesaro on the Adriatic coast, Antonius, a young man of common background, is born with an ability to…
The Orphan of Florence
It is November 1478, only seven months after the Pazzi conspiracy which took the life of Lorenzo de’ Medici’s brother,…
The Competition: Da Vinci’s Disciples, #2
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In the late 15th century, six women dare to seek permission from the head of a noble Florentine family and…
The Most Beautiful Woman in Florence
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Simonetta Cattaneo, a young noblewoman in 15th-century Genoa, is happy to marry the Florentine Marco Vespucci and be introduced to…
In the Name of the Family
Sarah Dunant is obsessed with the Borgias. But it’s a good obsession. The Borgias are the family we love to…
The Course of Fortune, Volumes 1, 2, and 3
Francisco de Barai, young and full of vigor, must flee his native Seville under false charges. What follows is a…
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