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Murder on the Eiffel Tower

By Claud Izner - Published 2007

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

June 1889. The Eiffel Tower is the most popular exhibit of the Paris Exposition and thousands flock each day to climb it. These include ...Read Review

The Ambassadors: From Ancient Greece to Renaissance Europe, the Men Who Introduced the World to Itself

By Jonathan Wright - Published 2006

Genres:

Nonfiction

In The Ambassadors, Jonathan Wright’s stated purpose is to show how influential ambassadors have been “in the encounters, collisions, and rivalries among ...Read Review

The Sidewalk Artist

By Gina Buonaguro & Janice Kirk - Published 2006

Genres:

Time-slip

In this debut novel, Gina Buonaguro and Janice Kirk weave a love story between Tulia Rose, a young, 21st century American writer and ...Read Review

The Barefoot Girl

By Catherine Monroe - Published 2006

Genres:

Biographical FictionInspirational

  Set in 14th-century Italy, The Barefoot Girl follows the life of a poor peasant girl from the harvest fields of Ancona to ...Read Review

The Silver Rose

By Susan Carroll - Published 2006

Genres:

Romance

  Good witches, bad witches, thwarted love and dark queens: such is the romantic landscape of the third novel in Susan Carroll’s ...Read Review

Dressing Renaissance Florence

By Carole Collier Frick - Published 2005

Genres:

Nonfiction

If ever a book could be compared to a box of chocolates, this is it. Setting out to harness the specifics – How many ...Read Review

The Summer Snow

By Rebecca Pawel - Published 2005

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

In the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War, Carlos Tejada travels home to Granada to investigate his great-aunt’s death. Accompanying him are ...Read Review

Shopping in the Renaissance: Consumer Cultures in Italy, 1400-1600

By Evelyn Welch - Published 2005

Genres:

Nonfiction

Evelyn Welch takes the approach of a cultural historian to explore how men and women purchased goods from 1400 to 1600 in central and northern ...Read Review

Much Ado About Magic

By Patricia Rice - Published 2005

Genres:

Romance

In the latest installment of Patricia Rice’s series of historical romances, Lady Lucinda Malcolm Pembroke is swept off her feet—literally—and ...Read Review

The King in the Window

By Adam Gopnik - Published 2005

Genres:

Children/Young AdultHistorical Fantasy

One January evening in modern-day Paris, eleven-year-old American Oliver Parker embarks upon an adventure that takes him on a journey far beyond his ...Read Review