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Venice, 1736. When fate brings Violetta and Mino together on the roof of the Hospital of the Incurables, they form a connection which will change their lives forever. Both are orphans at the Incurables, dreaming of escape. But when the resident maestro notices Violetta's voice, she is selected for the Incurables' world-famous coro and must sign an oath never to sing beyond its church doors. After a declaration of love ends in heartbreak, Mino flees...
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IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 5
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In Renaissance Italy, Artemisia Gentileschi endures the subjugation of women that allows her father to take credit for her extraordinary paintings, rape and the ensuing trial, and torture, buoyed by her deceased mother's stories of strong women of the Bible.
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Blackhope enigma trilogy volume 1
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[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 10
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Fourteeen-year-old Sunni, her stepbrother Dean, and an art-student friend trace the footsteps of a labyrinth built in Blackhope Tower by a mysterious and brilliant sixteenth-century artist, and suddenly find themselves trapped inside his enchanted painting, trying desperately to get out.
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2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 11
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"Orphan Nicolo Zen is all alone in 1700s Venice, save for his clarinet, enchanted by a mysterious magician to allow its first player to perform expertly. Soon Nicolo is a famous virtuoso, wealthy beyond his dreams, but he can't stop wondering if he earned the success -- or the girl he met in Venice is safe from the harm"--
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[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 13
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"After the deaths of Romeo and Juliet, mysterious figures in Verona are determined to reignite the feud between the Montagues and Capulets, so, for the sake of peace, the Prince orders Romeo's best friend Benvolio to marry Juliet's cousin Rosaline"--
8) Starling
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Secrets of the Eternal Rose volume 3
Pub. Date
[2014]
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"Cass and Luca are back in Venice, trying to find the Book of the Eternal Rose to clear Luca's name and keep them both out of prison"--
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Secrets of the Eternal Rose volume 1
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 17
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In Renaissance Venice, orphaned Cassandra Caravello is one of the elite but feels trapped in the city of water until she stumbles upon a murdered woman and is drawn into a dangerous world of courtesans, grave robbers, and secret societies, guided by Falco, a mysterious and alluring artist.
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Secrets of the Eternal Rose volume 2
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 13
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"Cass's fiance Luca is arrested for heresy and Cass must travel to Florence to uncover the mystery of the Order of the Eternal Rose and save Luca's life."--
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[2019]
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"The discovery of a lost Caravaggio painting yields centuries of deadly secrets in this pulse-pounding novel of historical intrigue and modern-day suspense... In seventeenth-century Rome, artist Caravaggio drinks and brawls his way through his violent, insatiable life, all while painting some of the world's greatest religious works of art. Now, in the village of Monte Piccolo, a priest claims to have discovered a lost painting by the famed artist...
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2004.
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Galileo's trial by the Inquisition is one of the most dramatic incidents in the history of science and religion. Today, we tend to see this event in black and white--Galileo all white, the Church all black. Galileo in Rome presents a much more nuanced account of Galileo's relationship with Rome. The book offers a fascinating account of the six trips Galileo made to Rome, from his first visit at age 23, as an unemployed mathematician, to his...
13) Duel love
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2009
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The late 1500s and early 1600s may have been a time of elegant romance, artistic evolution, and one of the richest cultural landscapes ever, but in Italy, life, love, and even survival are anything but simple. Amidst class struggles, plague, duels, revolts and tyranny, the lives of four families intertwine... Anabella and Albret suffer their own pride and honor as good intentions and misunderstandings hinge the fate of their love on a duel...
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Renaissance brides volume 003
Pub. Date
2009
Description
"The late 1500s and early 1600s may have been a time of elegant romance, artistic evolution, and one of the richest cultural landscapes ever, but in Italy, life, love, and even survival are anything but simple. Amidst class struggles, plague, duels, revolts and tyranny, the lives of four families intertwine....Costanza Biliverti faces fire, theft, revolt, and her own daughter's kidnapping but finds no comfort in the concept of marriage if it's not...
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