by Sarah Dunant · Tropea · tapa dura · ISBN 9788843804528
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«La nascita di Venere» is the historical novel by Sarah Dunant, published by Tropea in hardback (381 pages, in Italian).
In late 15th-century Florence, Alessandra Cecchi, daughter of a merchant, meets a young Flemish painter who is to decorate the family chapel. While Savonarola stirs the city, she is torn between art, faith, and love. The plot opens with a mystery in a convent that connects to her past.
The work was originally published in English as The Birth of Venus in 2003; the Italian translation is by Fenisia Giannini.
Readers of historical fiction and book clubs with an interest in the Renaissance, art, and Florence.
Sarah Dunant is a British novelist, journalist, broadcaster, and critic.
