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  • Leonardo da Vinci

    by Merezhkovsky, Dimitry Sergeyevich ...
    Translated by Ignat Avsey ...
    This evocative account of the life of the Renaissance’s greatest figure traces Leonardo’s early development as an artist and court figure to his final years in exile, portraying his loves and sufferings, as well as his intellectual curiosity and tireless loyalty to his ideals. But it is the background to his famous painting La Gioconda and his relationship with the mysterious Florentine woman who ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

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  • The Secret Book of Grazia dei Rossi

    Book 1

    by Jacqueline Park ...
    Series Book 1 - Grazia dei Rossi Trilogy
    A sweeping saga of intrigue and romance set during the Italian Renaissance and told through the eyes of Grazia dei Rossi, a young Jewish woman torn between duty and forbidden romance, who wins our hearts with her recorded secrets of love.Grazia dei Rossi, private secretary to the world-renowned Isabella d’Este, is the daughter of an eminent Jewish banker, the wife of the pope’s Jewish physician, ... Read more

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  • The Leopard

    Revised and with new material

    by Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa ...
    Translated by Archibald Colquhoun ...
    INCLUDES RECENTLY DISCOVERED NEW MATERIALIn the spring of 1860, Fabrizio, the charismatic Prince of Salina, still rules over thousands of acres and hundreds of people, including his own numerous family, in mingled splendour and squalor. Then comes Garibaldi's landing in Sicily and the Prince must decide whether to resist the forces of change or come to terms with them. ... Read more

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  • The Birth Of Venus

    by Sarah Dunant ...
    'Simply amazing, so brilliantly written . . . almost intolerably exciting at times, and at others, equally poignant' ANTONIA FRASER'A beautiful serpent of a novel, seductive and dangerous . . . consumes utterly - but the experience is all pleasure' SIMON SCHAMA'She writes like a painter, and thinks like a philosopher . . . a tour de force of storytelling' AMANDA FOREMAN'An erotic and gripping ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

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  • The Malice of Fortune

    by Michael Ennis ...
    A sweeping, intense historical thriller starring two of the great minds of Renaissance Italy: Niccolò Machiavelli and Leonardo da Vinci. Based on a real historical mystery, and involving serial murder and a gruesome cat and mouse game at the highest levels of the Church -- it was the era of the infamous Borgias -- The Malice of Fortuneis a delicious treat for fans of Umberto Eco, Sarah Dunant, and ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • Da Vinci's Last Supper

    The Forgotten Tale

    by Paul Arrowsmith ...
    When Leonardo da Vinci is commissioned to paint 'The Last Supper' , he believes it will seal his reputation as the finest artist in Italy.Yet all does not go as planned. The notorious Papal emissary, Father Rodrigo of Salamanca accuses him of blasphemy over his decision to choose a lowly peasant, Alessandro, to be his model for Jesus.To Leonardo's horror, Alessandro takes on quasi-religious ... Read more

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  • The Inferno

    by Dante Alighieri ...
    Translated by John Ciardi ...
    Belonging in the immortal company of the works of Homer, Virgil, Milton, and Shakespeare, Dante Alighieri’s poetic masterpiece is a visionary journey that takes readers through the torment of Hell.The first part of Dante**’**s Divine Comedy is many things: a moving human drama, a supreme expression of the Middle Ages, a glorification of the ways of God, and a magnificent protest against the ways ... Read more

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  • The Decameron

    by Giovanni Boccaccio ...
    Translated by Wayne A. Rebhorn ...
    "Rebhorn deserves our gratitude for an eminently persuasive translation. . . . I celebrate his accomplishment."—Edith GrossmanThe year is 1348. The Black Death has begun to ravage Europe. Ten young Florentines—seven women and three men—escape the plague-infested city and retreat to the countryside around Fiesole. At their leisure in this isolated and bucolic setting, they spend ten days telling ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Inferno

    by Dante ...
    Translated by Benedict Flynn ...
    Series Book 1 - Divine Comedy
    Dantes Hell is one of the most remarkable visions in Western literature. An allegory for his and future ages, it is, at the same time, an account of terrifying realism. Passing under a lintel emblazoned with these frightening words, the poet is led down into the depths by Virgil and shown those doomed to suffer eternal torment for vices exhibited and sins committed on earth. The Inferno is the ... Read more

    $8.44 CAD

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  • The Master Of Verona

    Star-Cross'd, #1

    by David Blixt ...
    Series Book 1 - Star-Cross'd
    Romeo & Juliet is the greatest love story ever told.Every story has a beginning."A novel of intricate plot, taut narrative, sharp period detail and beautifully realized characters." - Publishers Weekly"A delightful romp through the backstory of 'Romeo & Juliet." - Chicago Sun-TimesDive into a captivating fusion of literary worlds. This masterful novel takes you on an unforgettable j... ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Betrothed

    A Novel

    by Alessandro Manzoni, Jhumpa Lahiri ...
    Translated by Michael F. Moore ...
    “The first English translation in more than fifty years of Alessandro Manzoni’s masterpiece, a work of foundational Italian literature on par with the Divine Comedy and the Decameron.”—The Wall Street Journal“An exemplary historical novel” (The New Yorker) from the father of modern Italian literature, The Betrothed receives its first new English-language translation in fifty years, hailed as “a ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

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  • The Betrothed

    by Alessandro Manzoni ...
    Translated by Bruce Penman ...
    Set in Lombardy during the Spanish occupation of the late 1620s, The Betrothed tells the story of two young lovers, Renzo and Lucia, prevented from marrying by the petty tyrant Don Rodrigo, who desires Lucia for himself. Forced to flee, they are then cruelly separated, and must face many dangers including plague, famine and imprisonment, and confront a variety of strange characters - the ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

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