40. THE SECOND DUCHESS, BY ELIZABETH LOUPASThis book was recommended to me by a friend who shares my love for historical fiction. (I suppose I have a love for every genre of books, but I do like historical fiction a lot.) She said it was a bit different from other historical fiction books. I’d have ...
Leave it to a woman to never be satisfied with the story of the first wife, she must figure out by herself if the story that is floating around is the true story, or if there is something else at play. Barbara, Duchess of Ferrara is bound and determined to do just that. She sets off after her weddin...
The Second Duchess is entirely different from what I usually read; ergo, I had no idea what to expect from this book. Which is why it was surprising when it turned out to be an extremely interesting and thoroughly delightful read. Barbara is an archduchess from Austria, betrothed to the duke of Ferr...
One of the best books I read in 2011! The story of Alfonso d’Este’s second wife Barbara (his first being the young Lucrezia de Medici, the subject of Robert Browning’s poem “My Last Duchess”) is well written and full of Renaissance Italy detail. Loupas presents Barbara as a smart, likeable heroine...
I think the author did a fine job toeing the line between a woman's place in society during the sixteenth century and creating an interesting, strong character in Barbara of Austria. The mystery was fun to unravel and the addition of Lucrezia as a ghost-like figure opposite Barbara's discoveries was...
Let me just say, Historical Fiction is perhaps my favorite genre of all, especially historical fiction about Royalty. I have been in love with it ever since I read Jean Plaidy back in the 70s (when not many people were writing HF about Royalty at all). As a result, I was really excited to get my han...
A very good, very descriptive novel set in the hothouse environment of an Italian Renaissance court. Barbara of Austria comes to Ferrara to be the second wife of the reigning Duke, Alfonso d'Este; and amid all of the extravagance and wealth lurks a dangerous secret -- the murder of the first duchess...
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