Renaissance
The Darkest Sin (Cesare Aldo series Book 2)
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Florence 1537. Cesare Aldo, Florentine crime-fighter in a city with many factions, is sent to investigate rumours that men have been seen climbing secretly ...Read Review
Abigail of Venice
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1562: in a Lithuanian ghetto, Abigail’s impoverished parents marry her off at puberty to Reuven, a violent, drunken man many years her senior. ...Read Review
Medici: Legacy (Masters of Florence, 3)
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When Francis, heir to the throne of France, is found dead, many at the French court use the opportunity to make political mischief ...Read Review
The King’s Anatomist: The Journey of Andreas Vesalius
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Jan van den Bossche has been the best friend of anatomist Andreas Vesalius since childhood. The two are “astral twins,” sharing a birthday ...Read Review
Europe’s Babylon: The Rise and Fall of Antwerp’s Golden Age
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Antwerp? Great city of the Renaissance? Yes, as important in its own way as Florence, Venice, and Rome. In this engaging, deeply researched, ...Read Review
The Rabbi and the Painter
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This picture book imagines a friendship between two historical figures: Rabbi Judah Aryeh and the Renaissance painter known as Tintoretto. They lived near ...Read Review
Tuscan Daughter: A Novel
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In the village of Settignano outside Florence, Beatrice was orphaned by her father’s murder and her mother’s abandonment. Through her, Tuscan ...Read Review
Da Vinci’s Cat
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Renaissance Italy and present-day New Jersey? Different times and places that are spotlighted in this book. In Italy, Federico is a proud 11-year-old ...Read Review
City of Vengeance (Cesare Aldo Series)
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Winter, 1536. Cesare Aldo, a former soldier, is now employed by the “Otto”, the most feared criminal court in Florence, currently ruled by Alessandro ...Read Review
The Devil’s Pawn (Faust 2)
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It’s 1518 in Europe, a time when kings are made, and the church wields spiritual as well as economic power. Johann Faust is ...Read Review