| Description |
1 online resource |
| Summary |
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 dEste, is the daughter of an eminent Jewish banker, the wife of the popes Jewish physician, and the lover of a Christian prince. In a secret book, written as a legacy for her son, she records her struggles to choose between the seductions of the Christian world and a return to the family, traditions, and duties to her Jewish roots. As she re-creates Renaissance Italy in captivating detail, Jacqueline Park gives us a timeless portrait of a brave and brilliant woman trapped in an unforgiving, inflexible society. |
| Access |
Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Women -- Italy -- History -- Renaissance, 1450-1600 -- Fiction.
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Jewish women -- Italy -- History -- Fiction.
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European fiction -- Renaissance, 1450-1600.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781770898905 (electronic bk.) |
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1770898905 (electronic bk.) |
| Music No. |
MWT11380434 |
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