florence (italy)

"A novel set in Renaissance Italy, and centering on the captivating young duchess Lucrezia de' Medici"--Provided by publisher.

A charming, young English woman finds herself attracted to someone socially unsuitable and is forced to choose between convention and passion.

A collection of two classic novels by novelist, E.M. Forster, of English women visiting Italy, including "A Room With a View," and "Where Angels Fear to Tread.".

With the city of Florence, Italy, under heavy Nazi occupation, thirteen-year-old Paolo is confronted by the anti-Nazi movement and Paolo must figure out if he has what it takes to be a hero.

Jack and Annie travel 500 years back in time to Florence, Italy, and spend a day helping Leonardo da Vinci in the hope of learning another secret of happiness. Includes temporary tattoos.

Nadia Cara is in Florence, Italy with her family because her professor father is researching the 1966 flood, but Nadia herself is in trouble--she has turned into a kleptomaniac and she feels detached from everything, except for an elusive Italian boy whom no one but herself has seen.

The King of France gives Helena the hand of any man she wants in marriage, but the one she chooses, Bertram, flees to Tuscany, and she must use her wits to get him back. Includes an introduction, notes, and discussion of the theatrical world of Shakespeare.

"Florence, 1501-1505. Leonardo was a charming, handsome fifty year-old at the peak of his career. Michelangelo was a temperamental sculptor in his mid-twenties, desperate to make a name for himself. After winning the commission to carve what will become a sculpture of David, Michelangelo lives at the foot of his misshapen block of marble struggling until the stone finally begins to speak. Leonardo is obsessed with his ungainly flying machine and haunted by a merchant's wife, whom he is commissioned to paint. Her name is Lisa, and she becomes his muse. Their envy, ambition, and artistic genius create a rivalry such as Florence has never seen"--OCLC.

A tale of one family's ambition and of Europe's struggle to emerge from the ravages of the Dark Ages. The Medici used charm, skill and ruthlessness to garner unparalleled wealth and power, ruling Europe for more than 300 years.