By C. De Melo
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Tuscany, 1477: Impoverished and lacking a dowry, Sabina's father forces her to marry Tommaso, a rich Florentine merchant several years her senior. Her secret lover, Marco, is jealous and angry that she is going along with her father’s plan rather than resisting it, especially given the fact that she is rebellious and sharp-tongued. Sabina's life changes drastically when she moves to exciting Florence, where the new humanistic movement is at its artistic peak. Thanks to her husband’s social status, she eventually befriends the powerful and intriguing Lorenzo de’ Medici and begins to frequent the dazzling Medici court, where she not only meets talented artists, but also Massimo, whose charms and good looks are hard to resist. When her husband suddenly dies during the Pazzi Conspiracy, she is free to give in to her passion. Sabina and Massimo fall madly in love, but he has a dark secret and her joy is cruelly cut short one day when he mysteriously disappears leaving behind only a brief note...
Believing that she has lost Massimo forever, Sabina agrees to a marriage that takes her far from her beloved Italy and puts her in danger. She flees for her life and seeks Medici protection. She also discovers the disturbing truth about Massimo and concocts an elaborate plan to free him from peril. Meanwhile, the vindicative Marco has never forgotten the pain and humiliation of Sabina's rejection and he does the unthinkable in an attempt to ruin her happiness forever.
Three generations of Rossi women: Sabina, her daughter, Anne, and her granddaughter, Stefania, span the most incredible period of Florentine history. From the lavish lifestyle of the Renaissance, to the fanatical rule of Savonarola, and finally the strategic restoration of Medici power via Grand Duke Cosimo I, this fascinating and carefully researched novel will leave you breathless and wanting more.
About the author: C. De Melo obtained an Art History degree from the University of Massachusetts and has spent several years researching and writing in Florence, Italy.Tuscany, 1477: Impoverished and lacking a dowry, Sabina's father forces her to marry Tommaso, a rich Florentine merchant several years her senior. Her secret lover, Marco, is jealous and angry that she is going along with her father’s plan rather than resisting it, especially given the fact that she is rebellious and sharp-tongued. Sabina's life changes drastically when she moves to exciting Florence, where the new humanistic movement is at its artistic peak. Thanks to her husband’s social status, she eventually befriends the powerful and intriguing Lorenzo de’ Medici and begins to frequent the dazzling Medici court, where she not only meets talented artists, but also Massimo, whose charms and good looks are hard to resist. When her husband suddenly dies during the Pazzi Conspiracy, she is free to give in to her passion. Sabina and Massimo fall madly in love, but he has a dark secret and her joy is cruelly cut short one day when he mysteriously disappears leaving behind only a brief note...
Believing that she has lost Massimo forever, Sabina agrees to a marriage that takes her far from her beloved Italy and puts her in danger. She flees for her life and seeks Medici protection. She also discovers the disturbing truth about Massimo and concocts an elaborate plan to free him from peril. Meanwhile, the vindicative Marco has never forgotten the pain and humiliation of Sabina's rejection and he does the unthinkable in an attempt to ruin her happiness forever.
Three generations of Rossi women: Sabina, her daughter, Anne, and her granddaughter, Stefania, span the most incredible period of Florentine history. From the lavish lifestyle of the Renaissance, to the fanatical rule of Savonarola, and finally the strategic restoration of Medici power via Grand Duke Cosimo I, this fascinating and carefully researched novel will leave you breathless and wanting more.
About the author: C. De Melo obtained an Art History degree from the University of Massachusetts and has spent several years researching and writing in Florence, Italy. Read more
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