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Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
In this book the author transports readers to the dawn of the Renaissance and chronicles the life of an intrepid book lover who rescued the Roman philosophical text On the Nature of Things from certain oblivion. In this work he has crafted both a work of history and a story of discovery, in which one manuscript, plucked from a thousand years of neglect, changed the course of human thought and made possible the world as we know it. Nearly six hundred...
Author
Publisher
Ediciones B
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
La Italia del siglo XV es una tierra desgarrada por guerras, intrigas y traiciones, gobernada por señores a veces cautos, pero a la vez sedientos de poder y, en ocasiones, sanguinarios. Esta es la historia de la Italia del Renacimiento, una historia que marcará el futuro de Europa. En Milán, Filippo Maria, el último Visconti, ante la ausencia de hijos varones, intenta garantizar su legado casando a su pequeña hija con Francesco Sforza, un prometedor...
Author
Language
English
Description
Florence, the 1550s. Lucrezia, third daughter of the grand duke, is comfortable with her obscure place in the palazzo - free to wonder at its treasures, observe its clandestine workings and devote herself to her own artistic pursuits. But when her older sister dies on the eve of her wedding to the ruler of Ferrara, Modena and Reggio, Lucrezia is thrust unwittingly into the limelight - the duke is quick to request her hand in marriage, and her father...
7) Well met
Author
Series
Well met novels volume 1
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Emily knew there would be strings attached when she relocated to the small town of Willow Creek, Maryland, for the summer to help her sister recover from an accident, but who could anticipate getting roped into volunteering for the local Renaissance Faire alongside her teenaged niece? Or that the irritating and inscrutable schoolteacher in charge of the volunteers would be so annoying that she finds it impossible to stop thinking about him? The faire...
8) Ashton Hall
Author
Publisher
BALLANTINE
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
An American mother and her son stumble upon the dark history of a rambling English manor house.
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Michelangelo created some of the world's most recognizable art, from the statue of David to the intricate ceiling fresco of the Sistine Chapel. Beyond his well-known painting and sculpting, he was a gifted poet and architect. Young readers can learn about the entirety of Michelangelo's life, from his time as a young apprentice, and his relationships with several Catholic popes and the Medici family, to his unwillingness to stop working into his late...
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Six episodes combine history, biography, iconic performances, new analysis, and the personal passion of their celebrated hosts (Ethan Hawke, Jeremy Irons, Derek Jacobi, Trevor Nunn, Joely Richardson, and David Tennant) to tell the story behind the stories of Shakespeare's greatest plays.
Author
Language
English
Description
France, 1939. At the dawn of World War II, Anne Guichard, a young archivist employed at the Louvre, arrives home to find her brother missing. While she works to discover his whereabouts, refugees begin flooding into Paris and German artillery fire rattles the city. Once they reach Paris, the Nazis will stop at nothing to get their hands on the Louvre's art collection. Anne is quickly sent to the Castle of Chambord, where the Louvre's most precious...
Author
Publisher
Berkley, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"International bestselling author Guy Gavriel Kay's latest work is set in a world evoking early Renaissance Italy and offers an extraordinary cast of characters whose lives come together through destiny, love, and ambition. In a chamber overlooking the nighttime waterways of a maritime city, a man looks back on his youth and the people who shaped his life. Danio Cerra's intelligence won him entry to a renowned school even though he was only the son...
15) A spying eye
Author
Series
Publisher
She Writes Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Clive and Henrietta return to Europe in an attempt to resurrect their failed honeymoon. But that quickly gets derailed to search for the missing panel of the Ghent Alterpiece, a famous Renaissance painting, of which Hitler's top men are also in pursuit. Meanwhile, in Chicago, Oldrich Exley threatens to cut off financial support for the Von Harmon brood is Elsie marries Gunther. Desperate, Elsie seeks the help of Clive's sister, while Clive and Henrietta...
16) Well played
Author
Series
Well met novels volume 2
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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Formats
Description
"Another laugh-out-loud romantic comedy featuring kilted musicians, Renaissance Faire tavern wenches, and an unlikely love story. Stacey is jolted when her friends Simon and Emily get engaged. She knew she was putting her life on hold when she stayed in Willow Creek to care for her sick mother, but it's been years now, and even though Stacey loves spending her summers pouring drinks and flirting with patrons at the local Renaissance Faire, she wants...
Author
Series
Renaissance faire mystery volume 6
Publisher
[Createspace]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Two stories in one book. In the novella Perilous Pranks, Jessie Morton's practical joke makes her a suspect in the murder of Wanda Le Fey. Now Wanda's blue ghost is haunting Jessie to find her killer. In Murderous Matrimony, it's two weeks to Jessie's wedding to Chase Manhattan, and she not only has to deal with Wanda's ghost and disapproving in-laws-to-be, but a murder in her new Arts and Crafts Museum.
18) Bewitching boots
Author
Series
Renaissance faire mystery volume 8
Publisher
[Createspace]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Jessie Morton is thrilled when she finds Bill Warren, an old fashioned shoemaker, and he agrees to come back to Renaissance Faire Village with her. She's not so thrilled when claims to have elf magic, and he falls for Princess Isabelle. The dancing slippers Bill makes for Isabelle make him a suspect when the princess takes a leap from the castle terrace. Now, Jessie must find the lady or lord who helped the princess with her last dance before she...
Author
Publisher
Gramercy Books
Pub. Date
1995
Language
English
Description
First appearing as an anonymous serial in "Harper's Magazine" in 1895, "Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc" was Mark Twain's final novel and was published as a complete work under his name in 1896. The novel is a stark departure from Twain's usual comic and satirical writings, which is why Twain insisted it initially be published anonymously so that the public would take it seriously. The work is told from the perspective of a fictionalized version...
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