Book Review: The Towers of Tuscany by Carol M. Cram

February 14, 2015 | Posted in HISTORICAL | By

The Palazzo Pubblico at the Piazza del Campo in Siena, Italy.

Sofia Barducci is the daughter of a highly regarded painter in the medieval Italian town of San Gimignano. When she was younger, she learned how to paint and draw from her father, and though the lessons were often hard and grueling she developed a fine talent herself…

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The Four Seasons: A Novel of Vivaldi’s Venice by Laurel Corona

July 26, 2014 | Posted in HISTORICAL | By

The Four Seasons by Laurel Corona

A moving work of historical fiction blending music, love and life in 18th century Italy Book summary: Two young sisters—one three years old, one just born—are abandoned to the Ospedale della Pietà in 18th century Venice by their courtesan mother

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Book Review: “Immortal” by Traci L. Slatton

June 30, 2014 | Posted in FANTASY, HISTORICAL | By

The Italian city of Florence, where much of the action in Immortal takes place.

When we first meet Luca Bastardo, the central character of Traci L. Slatton’s 2008 novel Immortal, he is awaiting execution—and it is a fate he is willing to accept after living a very rich life spanning nearly two centuries…

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