Renaissance
Honor Among Thieves
Darion Delerue is a man with a past. Once a soldier of King Henry IV of France, he now earns…
Médicis Daughter
Marguerite de Valois, daughter of France’s King Henri II and Catherine de Médicis, grows up within the pages of this…
A Pinch of Nutmeg
Jakob is fiercely passionate about cooking with the best natural ingredients. His grandmother taught him to cook the basics with…
The Painter of Souls
Editors' choice
This novel follows the early life and career of one of the Renaissance’s most gifted artists, Fra Filippo Lippi. The…
The Saffron Crocus
The atmosphere of seventeenth-century Venice is richly and satisfyingly evoked in Alison McMahon’s Young Adult adventure story, in which fifteen-year-old…
The Rival Queens: Catherine de’ Medici, her daughter Marguerite de Valois and the Betrayal That Ignited a Kingdom
Goldstone paints an enjoyable account of the lives of two queens of her title: Catherine de Medici of France and…
A Lover’s Pinch
A Lover’s Pinch tells the story behind the painting known as “Gabrielle d’Estrees and One of Her Sisters.” Gabrielle was…
The Rape of Europa: The Intriguing History of Titian’s Masterpiece
This revealing examination of a painting by Titian is a scholarly, dense read, ultimately rewarding the reader with a microhistory…
The Shepherdess of Siena: A Novel of Renaissance Tuscany
Ostensibly, this is the story of Virginia Tacci, a poor shepherdess who loves horses. But that’s only part of it.…
Leonardo da Vinci: The Resurrection of the Gods
This is a new translation of a vast, sprawling novel about the life of Leonardo da Vinci, written by a…
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