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The Cardinal. by Weir, Alison.;
In this novel of friendship and betrayal at the royal court, Alison Weir explores the rise of Thomas Wolsey, who was Henry VIII's chief advisor - until the king accused him of treason.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: Historical fiction.; FICTION / Biographical; FICTION / Historical / Renaissance; FICTION / Sagas;
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The Keeper of Lost Art : A Novel. by Morelli, Laura.;
During WWII, a girl makes an unbreakable connection with a boy sheltering in her familys Tuscan villa, where the treasures of the Uffizi Galleries are hidden. 'The Keeper of Lost Art' is a moving coming-of-age story about the power of art in wartime, based on true events. From the author of 'The Last Masterpiece'. Book Club.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: Historical fiction.; FICTION / Historical / 20th Century / World War II & Holocaust; FICTION / Historical / Renaissance; FICTION / Historical / World War II; FICTION / Thrillers / Espionage;
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The Keeper of Lost Art [text (large print)] : A Novel. by Morelli, Laura.;
During WWII, a girl makes an unbreakable connection with a boy sheltering in her familys Tuscan villa, where the treasures of the Uffizi Galleries are hidden. 'The Keeper of Lost Art' is a moving coming-of-age story about the power of art in wartime, based on true events. From the author of 'The Last Masterpiece'.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: Historical fiction.; FICTION / Historical / 20th Century / World War II & Holocaust; FICTION / Historical / Renaissance; FICTION / Historical / World War II; FICTION / Thrillers / Espionage;
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Perspective(s) : a novel / by Binet, Laurent,author.; Taylor, Sam,1970-translator.; translation of:Binet, Laurent.Perspective(s).English.;
"Bursting with characters and historical color, Laurent Binet's Perspective(s) is a labyrinthine murder mystery that shows us Renaissance Florence as we've never seen it before"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Epistolary fiction.; Political fiction.; Novels.; Artists; Letters; Murder; Renaissance;
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The lost diary of Venice / by DeRoux, Margaux,author.;
In 'The Lost Diary of Venice' two impossible love stories are fatefully connected by one artistic legacy in a stunning debut that leaps between the mysteries of late-Renaissance Venice and the dramas of present-day America.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Lomazzo, Giovanni Paolo, 1538-1600; Painters; Man-woman relationships; Secrecy; Art restorers;
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Marvelous : a novel / by Greeley, Molly,author.;
A novel set in the French royal court of Catherine de' Medici during the Renaissance follows Pedro Gonzales, an unusual man who, delivered by a slave broker into France's royal court, becomes the favorite of the queen who is determined to find him a bride.
Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Catherine de Médicis, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of France, 1519-1589; Marriage;
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Tuscan daughter : a novel / by Rochon, Lisa,author.;
Includes bibliographical references.'Tuscan Daughter' is a novel of beauty and inspiration set in Renaissance Florence about a young and defiant female artist searching for her mother. Lisa Rochon is an award-winning architecture critic and cultural commentator. She is the two-time winner of the National Newspaper Awards for her "City Space" column in the Globe and Mail, and the recipient of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada's President's Award for Architectural Journalism. She lives in Toronto, ON. A Dewey Diva Pick.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Women artists; Families; Renaissance;
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The marriage portrait / by O'Farrell, Maggie,1972-author.;
Florence, the 1550s. Lucrezia, third daughter of the grand duke, is comfortable with her obscure place in the palazzo. But when her older sister dies on the eve of her wedding, Lucrezia is thrust unwittingly into the limelight: a duke is quick to request her hand in marriage. Having barely left girlhood behind, Lucrezia must now make her way in a troubled court whose customs are opaque and where her arrival is not universally welcomed. In the court's eyes, she has one duty: to provide the heir. Until then, for all of her rank and nobility, the new duchess' future hangs entirely in the balance.
Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, Modena, and Reggio, 1533-1597; Medici, Lucrezia de', 1545-1561; Florence (Italy); Renaissance;
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Harlem after midnight / by Hare, Louise,author.;
"A body falls from a town house window in Harlem, and it looks just like the newest singer at the Apollo ... in this evocative, twisting new novel from the author of Miss Aldridge Regrets. Harlem, 1936: Lena Aldridge grew up in a cramped corner of London, hearing stories of the bright lights of Broadway. She always imagined that when she finally went to New York City, she'd be there with her father. But now he's dead, and she's newly arrived and alone, chasing a dream that has quickly dried up. When Will Goodman-the handsome musician she met on the crossing from England-offers for her to stay with his friends in Harlem, she agrees. She has nowhere else to go, and this will give her a chance to get to know Will better and see if she can find any trace of the family she might have remaining. Will's friends welcome her with open arms, but just as Lena discovers the stories her father once told her were missing giant pieces of information, she also starts to realize the man she's falling too fast and too hard for has secrets of his own. And they might just place a target on her back. Especially when she is drawn to the brightest stage in town"--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; African American women singers; Harlem Renaissance; Male musicians; Man-woman relationships; Secrecy; Women jazz singers;
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The curse of Pietro Houdini : a novel / by Miller, Derek B.,1970-author.;
"August, 1943. Fourteen-year-old Massimo is all alone. Newly orphaned and fleeing from Rome after surviving the American bombing raid that killed his parents, Massimo is attacked by thugs and finds himself bloodied at the base of the Montecassino. It is there in the Benedictine abbey's shadow that a charismatic and cryptic man calling himself Pietro Houdini, the self-proclaimed 'Master Artist and confidante of the Vatican,' rescues Massimo and brings him up the mountain to serve as his assistant in preserving the treasures that lay within the monastery walls. But can Massimo believe what Pietro is saying, particularly when Massimo has secrets too? Who is this extraordinary man? When it becomes evident that Montecassino will soon become the front line in the war, Pietro Houdini and Massimo execute a plan to smuggle three priceless Titian paintings to safety down the mountain. They are joined by a nurse concealing a nefarious past, a café owner turned murderer, a wounded but chipper German soldier, and a pair of lovers along with their injured mule, Ferrari. Together they will lie, cheat, steal, fight, kill, and sin their way through battlefields to survive, all while smuggling the Renaissance masterpieces and the bag full of ancient Greek gold they have rescued from the 'safe keeping' of the Germans"--
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Art; Monasteries; Orphans; Painting; Secrecy; Smugglers; World War, 1939-1945;
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