Renaissance

Es 1676 y los "espíritus" acechan el reino. Cuando Penny, de ocho años, es secuestrada frente al palacio de Whitehall y llevada a las Indias Occidentales, ¿cómo pueden Susannah y Raphael salvarla?Al llegar a Jamaica, se reúnen con Sam Carter, el padre natural de Penny, y Noah y Hal Bartholomew. Así comienza la desesperada búsqueda de Penny: una carrera contra el tiempo, la traición y poderosos enemigos.Tras varios meses infructuosos navegando por el Caribe, una información aparentemente auténtica sobre una plantación de azúcar donde podría estar Penny les envía de vuelta a Barbados. Pero, ¿llegarán ya demasiado tarde?Una fascinante aventura histórica ambientada en las Indias Occidentales del siglo XVII, Nuestra pequeña vida es el segundo libro de la serie "Silencio y sombras" de Dodie Bishop.

When love of home and family collide with desire for fame and fortune in Renaissance Italy, Celeste Gabriele finds herself thrust into a world she's unprepared to face. Just as Celeste has achieved all she's ever dreamed of; marriage to a handsome Florentine Duke, three beautiful children, and a promising art career, her life begins to unravel. When her troubles escalate to the breaking point, and she sees no end in sight, Celeste is tempted to turn her back on all she holds dear to follow her passion. Will she have the strength and courage to resist the lure of the siren song and brave the churning waters to make her way home?Fans of The Other Boleyn Girl, Wolf Hall, and Girl with A Pearl Earring will find much to love in this heartwarming second installment of the Master's Protégé Trilogy by award-winning author Eleanor Chance.

WELCOME TO HIGH RENAISSANCE ITALY:The age of Michelangelo and Leonardo, of Machiavelli and Raphael - a belle epoque for warrior popes, prelates, princes, poets and the realpolitik. But even as the philosophers claim that 'man has come of age,' Europeans once again arm for war and march on Italy. Into this inferno of intrigue and bloodletting, the knights of Rhodes send Hugh de Erpingham to assassinate his hero, Marcantonio Vendramin, a knight who has disappeared with the gold that could save Rhodes from a growing Turkish threat. As the Sultan amasses a monstrous armada in Gallipoli, these two errant knights; two refugees from the collapse of chivalry, lock horns in a desperate dance of death across the Italian city states in a bid to save Christendom.... and their own souls. PRAISE for BOOK III - 'THE HERETIC''An exceptional new novel... masterful story... delicious, multifaceted.' The Historical Novel Review (US)'A book of big ideas, political intrigue, and action; I came to love Brother Pacificus, Simon, the children, and the many other characters, and I have to admit, I shed several tears on their behalf. Based on historical events, this book has it all, and I would recommend it to anyone interested in such a tumultuous time period.'The Historical Novel Society'Magnificent... a work of importance... moments of astonishing power... could become a cult book of its kind.' Author, Penelope Wilcox

Florence, 1677. While Sam assumes a new identity as part of his mother's Cardinale family, Raphael introduces his new family to his Florentine one, only to unearth life-changing revelations.Meanwhile in London, Noah seeks revenge on those behind the attempt on Sam's life, and Susannah unwittingly confirms to the Duke of Monmouth that Sam is alive.Will Raphael finally discover why his father seems to despise him, and can Susannah face her worst fears?For Sam, Florence offers safety after his brush with death in Jamaica... but are his enemies already closing in?A riveting historical mystery set in 17th century Europe, A Slave To Kings is the third novel in Dodie Bishop's 'Silence And Shadows' series.

Florence, 1677. While Sam assumes a new identity as part of his mother's Cardinale family, Raphael introduces his new family to his Florentine one, only to unearth life-changing revelations.Meanwhile in London, Noah seeks revenge on those behind the attempt on Sam's life, and Susannah unwittingly confirms to the Duke of Monmouth that Sam is alive.Will Raphael finally discover why his father seems to despise him, and can Susannah face her worst fears?For Sam, Florence offers safety after his brush with death in Jamaica... but are his enemies already closing in?A riveting historical mystery set in 17th century Europe, A Slave To Kings is the third novel in Dodie Bishop's 'Silence And Shadows' series. This is the large print edition of A Slave To Kings, with a larger font / typeface for easier reading.

Falls Ende - Quintus is book five in this fast-paced medieval series.Haunted by his father's troubled past, Odo's life is in imminent danger when he journeys to Dover Castle to attend to the king and queen. Shaken by revelations shared with him by Queen Eleanor, Odo seeks revenge and sets out to end the blood feud once and for all.Odo's fortitude is tested when King Henry makes an unusual request that forever changes Mellester Manor. Can he meet the challenge and survive those who seek his death because Mellester is no longer safe, not even from the influential apostles of the Church? Problems plague Mellester; his precious new Falls Ende Mill flounders, and its massive water wheel sits idle as Odo considers attacking a neighbouring hamlet. A few dissenting local lords refuse to swear their allegiance and don't believe Odo worthy of the noble title bestowed on him by the king. Without support, Odo faces overwhelming forces that he must overcome. Is this a test to gauge his strength and suitability as lord of the manor? Because there will be a reckoning, and it will require all his strength and determination to face, not just a battle of wits, but highly skilled armed knights that want him dead.Falls Ende - Quintus takes this epic series to a new and exciting level. Thoroughly original and deeply emotional, this medieval tale will leave you turning pages long into the night.Best read in sequence.

It's 1676 and 'spirits' are stalking the kingdom. When eight-year-old Penny is kidnapped outside Whitehall Palace and taken away to the West Indies, how can Susannah and Raphael hope to save her?Arriving in Jamaica, they reunite with Sam Carter - Penny's natural father - and Noah and Hal Bartholomew. And so, the desperate search to find her begins: a race against time, treachery and powerful enemies.After many fruitless months sailing the Caribbean, seemingly genuine information about a sugar plantation where Penny might be sends them back to Barbados. But are they already too late?A riveting historical adventure set in 17th century West Indies, Our Little Life is the second book in Dodie Bishop's 'Silence And Shadows' series.This is the large print edition of Our Little Life, with a larger font / typeface for easier reading.

Very few knew Antonia, despite her fame as La Stella di Venezia.In decadent 18th century Venice, she develops from Vivaldi's star pupil into his musical colleague and the pride of Venetian music. After falling in love with Orlando Sagredo - master planner of the Palio - Antonia recognizes the emotional bondage she has never questioned.Antonia of Venice is inhabited by brilliant musicians, avaricious politicians and ineffectual rulers of the Republic. Through it all, the people and music Antonia loves take the reader into the depths of revenge and selflessness, as the story advances the timeless, feminine heroic as a powerful and equal partner to the masculine.

Very few knew Antonia, despite her fame as La Stella di Venezia.In decadent 18th century Venice, she develops from Vivaldi's star pupil into his musical colleague and the pride of Venetian music. After falling in love with Orlando Sagredo - master planner of the Palio - Antonia recognizes the emotional bondage she has never questioned.Antonia of Venice is inhabited by brilliant musicians, avaricious politicians and ineffectual rulers of the Republic. Through it all, the people and music Antonia loves take the reader into the depths of revenge and selflessness, as the story advances the timeless, feminine heroic as a powerful and equal partner to the masculine.

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.<BR><BR>“Enchanting from the first page.”—Sarah Jio, New York Times bestselling author of All the Flowers in Paris<BR><BR> In the wake of her father’s death, Rose Newlin finds solace in her work as a book restorer. Then, one rainy Connecticut afternoon, a struggling painter appears at her door. William Lomazzo brings with him a sixteenth-century treatise on art, which Rose quickly identifies as a palimpsest: a document written over a hidden diary that had purposely been scraped away. Yet the restoration sparks an unforeseen challenge when William—a married man—and Rose experience an instant, unspoken attraction.<BR><BR>Five centuries earlier, Renaissance-era Venetians find themselves at the mercy of an encroaching Ottoman fleet preparing for a bloody war. Giovanni Lomazzo, a portrait artist grappling with tragedy, discovers that his vision is fading with each passing day. Facing the possibility of a completely dark world, Gio begins to document his every encounter, including what may be his final artistic feat: a commission to paint the enchanting courtesan of one of Venice’s most powerful military commanders. Soon, however, Gio finds himself enraptured by a magnificent forbidden love.<BR><BR> Spellbound by Gio’s revelations, Rose and William are soon forced to confront the reality of their own mystifying connection.<BR><BR>A richly detailed page-turner shadowed by one of history’s darkest times, The Lost Diary of Venice weaves a heartbreakingly vivid portrait of two vastly different worlds—and two tales of entrancing, unrelenting love.

'Scandinavian noir' meets Don Quixote in this intriguing mystery romance set on the Camino de Santiago de Compostela in Spain. <BR>In 1593, a wandering monk, Carmelo, creates a series of medals featuring Roland, celebrated in the medieval epic poem, The Song of Roland. In 2012, Armi, a young Finnish Border Guard, flees a murderous partner and sets out to walk the Camino. Although separated by five centuries, their journeys and stories converge at a ruined monastery on the Camino.<BR> Carlo Fontal, one of the monastery's owners, is restoring it, but it is unclear where the money for the project is coming from. Armi, her suspicions aroused, is torn between her growing attraction to Carlo and her reluctance to repeat past mistakes.<BR>What secrets connect the medal, the monastery, and the deceased billionaire who owned the Roland Medals? And what does a predator from Armi's troubled childhood know about them? As Armi strives to find the truth, can she trust her feelings, vanquish her demons and take back the happiness that was stolen from her so long ago?<BR> Fans of historical mysteries by Kate Mosse, Iain Pears and Umberto Eco will love the interplay of the past and the present in this gripping story.

The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasThe Three Musketeers (French: Les Trois Mousquetaires) is a historical adventure novel written in 1844 by French author Alexandre Dumas. It is in the swashbuckler genre, which has heroic, chivalrous swordsmen who fight for justice.Set between 1625 and 1628, it recounts the adventures of a young man named d'Artagnan (a character based on Charles de Batz-Castelmore d'Artagnan) after he leaves home to travel to Paris, hoping to join the Musketeers of the Guard. Although d'Artagnan is not able to join this elite corps immediately, he is befriended by the three most formidable musketeers of the age - Athos, Porthos and Aramis, "the three inseparables"- and becomes involved in affairs of state and at court.Dumas presents his novel as one of a series of recovered manuscripts, turning the origins of his romance into a little drama of its own. In the Preface, he tells of being inspired by a scene in Mémoires de Monsieur d'Artagnan (1700), a historical novel by Gatien de Courtilz de Sandras, printed by Pierre Rouge in Amsterdam, which Dumas discovered during his research for his history of Louis XIV. According to Dumas, the incident where d'Artagnan tells of his first visit to M. de Tréville, captain of the Musketeers, and how, in the antechamber, he encountered three young Béarnese with the names Athos, Porthos, and Aramis, made such an impression on him that he continued to investigate. That much is true-the rest is fiction: He finally found the names of the three musketeers in a manuscript titled Mémoire de M. le comte de la Fère, etc. Dumas "requested permission" to reprint the manuscript permission was granted:Now, this is the first part of this precious manuscript which we offer to our readers, restoring it to the title which belongs to it, and entering into an engagement that if (of which we have no doubt) this first part should obtain the success it merits, we will publish the second immediately.In the meanwhile, since godfathers are second fathers, as it were, we beg the reader to lay to our account, and not to that of the Comte de la Fère, the pleasure or the ennui he may experience.This being understood, let us proceed with our story.The Three Musketeers is primarily a historical and adventure novel. However, Dumas frequently portrays various injustices, abuses, and absurdities of the Ancien Régime, giving the novel an additional political significance at the time of its publication, a time when the debate in France between republicans and monarchists was still fierce. The story was first serialised from March to July 1844, during the July Monarchy, four years before the French Revolution of 1848 violently established the Second Republic.The story of d'Artagnan is continued in Twenty Years After and The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later.

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Doña Perfecta is set in 19th century Spain, when a young liberal named Don José (Pepe) Rey, arrives in a cathedral city named Orbajosa, with the intention of marrying his cousin Rosario. This was a marriage of convenience arranged between Pepe's father Juan and Juan's sister, Perfecta. Upon getting to know each other, Pepe and Rosario declare their eternal love, but in steps Don Inocencio, the cathedral canon, who meddles and obstructs the marriage as well as the good intentions of Doña Perfecta and her brother Don Juan.

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