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In this sweeping new series about Renaissance Italy, Bertrice Small does it again with all the current passion and historical splendor that has captured the thoughts of her legion of admirers. After her two elder sisters end up being the scandals of Florence, Lucianna Pietro d' Angelo is in the difficult position of finding a wealthy man who'll have her for his wife. She's little choice but to simply accept the proposal of the aging bookseller - a not completely disagreeable union in which Lucianna conveniences the dear man in his last years. When he dies, she inherits his shop and, with it, a sizable fortune. Lucianna is quite happy with comfortable widowhood - until Robert Minton, Earl of Lisle, visits her bookshop. The Englishman isn't just dashing and attractive - he's a reliable courtier of Henry VII. The Pietro d' Angelos cannot deny the spark of fascination between their little girl and the earl, so they structure to send her to London. There, Lucianna steps out of the shadow of her noiseless Florentine life, seeking a love of which she never imagined and increasing in London contemporary society completely to court docket of the new Tudor ruler.