Halfway through the book: I do NOT think this is a wonderful book. I am terribly disappointed. Description of Renaissence Florence is fine. I have no quibbles with that, but the plot is so foreseeable, so predictable. The characters seem as modern day caricatures. For me this is pure fluff. Am I lea...
2.5/5 starsI have to say that I wanted to like this more than I did. I don’t know much about Italy and I wish I’d knew more about the things that happened in the book. I didn’t feel connected to the characters and the only one that I wanted to read about was the painter, who isn’t mentioned by name....
Sarah Dunant tells quite a tale -- suspenseful, character driven, mood inducing --yet, there are holes in the plot and in the time line and the very, very ending (it has a few) is odd and dissatisfying. Still it is Dunant's capture of renaissance Florence and her creation of Alessandra, a delightful...
This is a book that starts with an ending: the death of an elderly nun in a 15th century Italian convent. A mystery is sparked when it is discovered that the nun’s tumor appears to have been faked and she has an evocative tattoo entwining her torso where it has been hidden by her habit. From there...
I enjoyed her other book In The Company of A Courtesan, but this one I gave up around page 100. I found nothing to interest me, no chemistry between the two main characters, I couldn't find anyone or anything to care about and if I want to read about a serial killer run loose I will pick up the next...
An absolutely beautiful novel! I felt like the text was a beautifully, snuggly blanket that wrapped itself around me and carried me away...The story takes place in Florence, Italy, during the Renaissance. It follows Alessandara, a very unconventional girl in a very conventional time. She dreams o...
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