DAUGHTER OF SIENA / FIORATO, MARINA

Título : DAUGHTER OF SIENA Tipo de documento: texto impreso Autores: FIORATO, MARINA, Autor Editorial: LONDON : JOHN MURRAY Fecha de publicación: 2011 Número de páginas: 387p ISBN/ISSN/DL: 97818485545625 Idioma : Inglés (eng) Palabras clave: FICTION  HISTORICAL Resumen: Amid the intrigue and danger of 18th-century Italy, a young woman becomes embroiled in romance and treachery with a rider in the Palio, the breathtaking horse race set in Siena.... It's 1729, and the Palio, a white-knuckle horse race, is soon to be held in the heart of the peerless Tuscan city of Siena. But the beauty and pageantry masks the deadly rivalry that exists among the city's districts. Each ward, represented by an animal symbol, puts forth a rider to claim the winner's banner, but the contest turns citizens into tribes and men into beasts―and beautiful, headstrong, young Pia Tolomei is in love with a rider of an opposing ward, an outsider who threatens the shaky balance of intrigue and influence that rules the land.

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THE BOTICELLI SECRET / FIORATO, MARINA

Título : THE BOTICELLI SECRET Tipo de documento: texto impreso Autores: FIORATO, MARINA, Autor Editorial: NEW YORK : ST MARTIN´S GRIFFIN Fecha de publicación: 2010 Número de páginas: 517p ISBN/ISSN/DL: 978-0-312-60636-7 Idioma : Inglés (eng) Palabras clave: FICTION  HISTORICAL Resumen: In this exhilarating cross between The Da Vinci Code and The Birth of Venus, an irrepressible young woman in 15th-century Italy must flee for her life after stumbling upon a deadly secret when she serves as a model for Botticelli... When part-time model and full-time prostitute Luciana Vetra is asked by one of her most exalted clients to pose for a painter friend, she doesn't mind serving as the model for the central figure of Flora in Sandro Botticelli's masterpiece "Primavera." But when the artist dismisses her without payment, Luciana impulsively steals an unfinished version of the painting--only to find that somone is ready to kill her to get it back. What could possibly be so valuable about the picture? As friends and clients are slaughtered around her, Luciana turns to the one man who has never desired her beauty, novice librarian Brother Guido. Fleeing Venice together, Luciana and Guido race through the nine cities of Renaissance Italy, pursued by ruthless foes who are determined to keep them from decoding the painting's secrets. Gloriously fresh and vivid, with a deliciously irreverent heroine, The Botticelli Secret is an irresistible blend of history, wit, and suspense.

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THE MADONNA OF THE ALMONDS / FIORATO, MARINA

Título : THE MADONNA OF THE ALMONDS Tipo de documento: texto impreso Autores: FIORATO, MARINA, Autor Editorial: LONDON [UK] : BAUTIFUL BOOKS Fecha de publicación: 2009 Número de páginas: 371p ISBN/ISSN/DL: 978-1-905636-43-3 Idioma : Inglés (eng) Palabras clave: FICTION  HISTORICAL Resumen: Bernardino Luini, favourite apprentice of Leonardo da Vinci, is commissioned to paint a religious fresco in the hills of Lombardy. His eye is caught by the beautiful Simonetta di Saronno, a young noblewoman who has lost her husband to battle. Captivated by her beauty and sadness, Bernardino paints Simonetta’s likeness, immortalising her as the Madonna in his miraculous frescoes in Saronno’s chruch. As the sittings progress, artist and model fall in love, and Simonetta reciprocates by creating a drink from the juice of almonds – the famous Amaretto di Saronno. As the frescoes and the liqueur near their completion, the couple’s affair distils into a heady brew of religious scandal which threatens their love, and ultimately their lives.

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