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1) Renaissance
Author
Series
Publisher
Tantor Media
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Betrayed by the ruling families of Italy, a young man embarks upon an epic quest for vengeance during the Renaissance in this novel based on the Assassin's Creed™ video game series.
“I will seek vengeance upon those who betrayed my family. I am Ezio Auditore Da Firenze. I am an Assassin…”
To eradicate corruption and restore his family’s honor, Ezio will learn the...
“I will seek vengeance upon those who betrayed my family. I am Ezio Auditore Da Firenze. I am an Assassin…”
To eradicate corruption and restore his family’s honor, Ezio will learn the...
Author
Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Romeo & Juliet meets Game Of Thrones. Shakespeare and Dante collide in this sweeping novel of Renaissance Italy. The feud between the Capulets and Montagues starts here!
Pietro Alaghieri, son of the poet Dante, falls under the sway of Verona's daring, charismatic, and warlike ruler, Cangrande della Scala. Risking battles, duels, and intrigue to impress his new lord, Pietro uncovers an infernal plot against Cangrande's infant heir. Emerging from the...
3) Dark tracks
Author
Series
Order of darkness volume 4
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Luca and Isolde continue investigating for the Order of Darkness in the fourth book in the Order of Darkness series from #1 New York Times bestselling author Philippa Gregory.
Luca has been tasked by his master to uncover the truth behind strange happenings. She travels across Europe with Lady Isolde, Ishraq, Freize, and Brother Peter seeking out the signs of the ends of days. Now they are trapped in a village possessed by a dancing madness-- and...
Author
Publisher
Emily Bestler Books/Atria
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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Description
"A new telling of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, told from the perspective of Juliet's nurse. In Verona, a city ravaged by plague and political rivalries, a mother mourning the death of her day-old infant enters the household of the powerful Cappelletti family to become the wet-nurse to their newborn baby. As she serves her beloved Juliet over the next fourteen years, the nurse learns the Cappelletti's darkest secrets. Those secrets -- and the nurse's...
5) Fools' gold
Author
Series
Order of darkness volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Tasked to expose a coin counterfeiting scheme, Luca and Isolde, whose romantic attraction continues to grow, travel to Venice in 1454, where they meet an alchemist who plans to create the Philosopher's Stone, a mystical substance said to be capable of turning base metals into gold and producing the elixir of life.
Author
Series
Tales of the lawless land volume 2
Publisher
Head of Zeus
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Italy, 1351. English companions, knight Gerard Fox and the resourceful Willa, have come through a death-defying journey across war-torn Europe. Now looking towards a future together, they must first find a way to reconcile with their difficult pasts. In a small village between Florence and Siena, Fox and Willa are caught up in a deadly ambush. After rescuing Luciana, the target of the attack, they take refuge in her opulent villa and learn her heartbreaking...
Author
Publisher
Grijalbo
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
Mil̀n, ąo 1385. El poderoso sęor de Mil̀n, el conde Gian Galeazzo Visconti, aprueba el proyecto que el arzobispo de la ciudad le propone, construir una enorme catedral que reemplace a la iglesia de Santa Maria Maggiore y que se convertir̀ en un s̕mbolo de su grandeza. Para ello, Visconti se rodea de los mejores arquitectos y constructores, los ͠nicos capaces de realizar una obra tan ambiciosa. Entre ese eǰrcito de maestros de obra, artesanos...
13) Da Vinci's tiger
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Young, beautiful, and witty, Ginevra de' Benci longs to take part in the artistic ferment of Renaissance Florence. But as the daughter of a wealthy family in a society dictated by men, she is trapped in an arranged marriage, expected to limit her creativity to domestic duties. Her poetry reveals her deepest feelings, and she aches to share her work, to meet painters and sculptors mentored by the famed Lorenzo de Medici, and to find love. When the...
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