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Book Description
Turning fifteen in Renaissance Florence, Alessandra Cecchi becomes intoxicated with the works of a young painter whom her father has brought to the city to ...
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guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010
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Savonarola's women
The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant 412pp, Little, Brown, £12.99 Genre writing has provided fertile ground for feminist fiction. Detective stories, thrillers and historical novels have been pressed into service to explore gender-based issues of psycho ... (read full critics)
guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010
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- English Books
- Others 448 Pages
- ISBN-10: 1588364429
- ISBN-13: 9781588364425
- Publisher: Random House Inc
- Pub date: Nov 30, 2004
- Also available as: Paperback, Hardcover, Audio CD, Audio Cassette and eBook
- In other languages: other languages
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| 9781588364425 | Others | $15.00 | -- | The Book Depository |
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PenelopeCecilia 
A brush with destiny
The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant Little, Brown £12.99, pp320 As soon as I finished this book I wanted to go straight back and read it all over again. Alessandra, the novel's precocious and charismatic narrator made such wonderful company. Add to th ... (read full critics)