The Mysteries of Florence; In Two Volumes
Author: George Lippard
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Published: 2023-09-25
Total Pages: 274
ISBN-13: 3387085060
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Death in Florence
Author: Marco Vichi
Publisher: Hodder Paperbacks
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781444712308
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFlorence, October 1966. The rain is never-ending. When a young boy vanishes on his way home from school the police fear the worst, and Inspector Bordelli begins an increasingly desperate investigation. Then the flood hits. During the night of 4th November the swollen River Arno, already lapping the arches of the Ponte Vecchio, breaks its banks and overwhelms the city.
The Monster of Florence
Author: Douglas Preston
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 2008-06-10
Total Pages: 404
ISBN-13: 0446537411
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the nonfiction tradition of John Berendt and Erik Larson, the author of the #1 NYT bestseller The Lost City of the Monkey God presents a gripping account of crime and punishment in the lush hills surrounding Florence as he seeks to uncover one of the most infamous figures in Italian history. In 2000, Douglas Preston fulfilled a dream to move his family to Italy. Then he discovered that the olive grove in front of their 14th century farmhouse had been the scene of the most infamous double-murders in Italian history, committed by a serial killer known as the Monster of Florence. Preston, intrigued, meets Italian investigative journalist Mario Spezi to learn more. This is the true story of their search for--and identification of--the man they believe committed the crimes, and their chilling interview with him. And then, in a strange twist of fate, Preston and Spezi themselves become targets of the police investigation. Preston has his phone tapped, is interrogated, and told to leave the country. Spezi fares worse: he is thrown into Italy's grim Capanne prison, accused of being the Monster of Florence himself. Like one of Preston's thrillers, The Monster of Florence, tells a remarkable and harrowing story involving murder, mutilation, and suicide-and at the center of it, Preston and Spezi, caught in a bizarre prosecutorial vendetta.
The Dark Heart of Florence
Author: Tasha Alexander
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Published: 2021-03-09
Total Pages: 271
ISBN-13: 1250622077
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the next Lady Emily Mystery, The Dark Heart of Florence, critically acclaimed author Tasha Alexander transports readers to the legendary city of Florence, where Lady Emily and Colin must solve a murder with clues leading back to the time of the Medici. In 1903, tensions between Britain and Germany are starting to loom over Europe, something that has not gone unnoticed by Lady Emily and her husband, Colin Hargreaves. An agent of the Crown, Colin carries the weight of the Empire, but his focus is drawn to Italy by a series of burglaries at his daughter’s palazzo in Florence—burglaries that might have international ramifications. He and Emily travel to Tuscany where, soon after their arrival, a stranger is thrown to his death from the roof onto the marble palazzo floor. Colin’s trusted colleague and fellow agent, Darius Benton-Smith, arrives to assist Colin, who insists their mission must remain top secret. Finding herself excluded from the investigation, Emily secretly launches her own clandestine inquiry into the murder, aided by her spirited and witty friend, Cécile. They soon discover that the palazzo may contain a hidden treasure dating back to the days of the Medici and the violent reign of the fanatic monk, Savonarola—days that resonate in the troubled early twentieth century, an uneasy time full of intrigue, duplicity, and warring ideologies. Emily and Cécile race to untangle the cryptic clues leading them through the Renaissance city, but an unimagined danger follows closely behind. And when another violent death puts Emily directly in the path of a killer, there’s much more than treasure at stake...
The Monster of Florence
Author: Magdalen Nabb
Publisher: Soho Press
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 353
ISBN-13: 1616953241
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Florence and Giles
Author: John Harding
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 274
ISBN-13: 000731504X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK1891. In a remote and crumbling New England mansion, 12-year-old orphan Florence is neglected by her guardian uncle and banned from reading. Left to her own devices she devours books in secret and talks to herself - and narrates this, her story - in a unique language of her own invention.
Death in Florence
Author: Paul Strathern
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2015-08-15
Total Pages: 403
ISBN-13: 1605988278
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBy the end of the fifteenth century, Florence was well established as the home of the Renaissance. As generous patrons to the likes of Botticelli and Michelangelo, the ruling Medici embodied the progressive humanist spirit of the age, and in Lorenzo de' Medici they possessed a diplomat capable of guarding the militarily weak city in a climate of constantly shifting allegiances. In Savonarola, an unprepossessing provincial monk, Lorenzo found his nemesis. Filled with Old Testament fury, Savonarola's sermons reverberated among a disenfranchised population, who preferred medieval Biblical certainties to the philosophical interrogations and intoxicating surface glitter of the Renaissance. The battle between these two men would be a fight to the death, a series of sensational events—invasions, trials by fire, the 'Bonfire of the Vanities', terrible executions and mysterious deaths—featuring a cast of the most important and charismatic Renaissance figures.In an exhilaratingly rich and deeply researched story, Paul Strathern reveals the paradoxes, self-doubts, and political compromises that made the battle for the soul of the Renaissance city one of the most complex and important moments in Western history.
The Curious Case of Florence Winters
Author: J L Collins
Publisher:
Published: 2021-04-15
Total Pages: 216
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNew York City, 1925 Florence Winters is ready to escape the whispers about her. At twenty-three, being unmarried is almost unheard of in small town Ohio, which leaves Florence living with her busy-body parents who'd like nothing more than to marry her off to the first fellow who so much as looks her way. Everything changes when the wealthy and slightly eccentric Aunt Julia requests Florence's companionship in the city where dreams come true-the one and only New York City. Intrigued but still cautious, Florence accepts the invitation but she has no idea what awaits her in Aunt Julia's ravishing brownstone in the West Village. Secret meetings. Secret passages. Secretive house staff. Even Aunt Julia's cat seems to have something to hide!Florence isn't the type to pry, but when one of Aunt Julia's adversaries ends up missing and Aunt Julia is suspected of foul play, Florence feels she owes it to her hostess to search for the truth. Even if it means braving the glitzy and glamorous New York City night life in the process. Life in 1920s New York City is more than just the bee's knees! Between the dazzling lights of the city and unraveling its secrets, things have never been more exciting for Flo and the gang.This fun 1920s cozy mystery is a clean read with no graphic scenes or strong language. The Curious Case of Florence Winters is book one in the Florence Winters Mystery series.
The Most Beautiful Woman in Florence
Author: Alyssa Palombo
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Published: 2017-04-25
Total Pages: 320
ISBN-13: 1466882646
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"In the tradition of Tracy Chevalier’s Girl with a Pearl Earring, Palombo has married fine art with romantic historical fiction in this lush and sensual interpretation of Medici Florence, artist Sandro Botticelli, and the muse that inspired them all." - Booklist A girl as beautiful as Simonetta Cattaneo never wants for marriage proposals in 15th Century Italy, but she jumps at the chance to marry Marco Vespucci. Marco is young, handsome and well-educated. Not to mention he is one of the powerful Medici family’s favored circle. Even before her marriage with Marco is set, Simonetta is swept up into Lorenzo and Giuliano de’ Medici’s glittering circle of politicians, poets, artists, and philosophers. The men of Florence—most notably the rakish Giuliano de’ Medici—become enthralled with her beauty. That she is educated and an ardent reader of poetry makes her more desirable and fashionable still. But it is her acquaintance with a young painter, Sandro Botticelli, which strikes her heart most. Botticelli immediately invites Simonetta, newly proclaimed the most beautiful woman in Florence, to pose for him. As Simonetta learns to navigate her marriage, her place in Florentine society, and the politics of beauty and desire, she and Botticelli develop a passionate intimacy, one that leads to her immortalization in his masterpiece, The Birth of Venus. Alyssa Palombo’s The Most Beautiful Woman in Florence vividly captures the dangerous allure of the artist and muse bond with candor and unforgettable passion.
Death in Springtime
Author: Magdalen Nabb
Publisher: Soho Press
Published: 2005-10-01
Total Pages: 145
ISBN-13: 156947415X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKItalian law forbids paying ransom to criminals, and Marshal Guarnaccia must find the missing girl before her kidnappers decide to end her life. Two foreign girls are abducted from a Florence piazza in broad daylight. The unusual March snowfall has distracted everyone, even the marshal, who is unsure of what he has actually witnessed. One of the girls turns up in a village in the Chianti, claiming the kidnappers have released her to propose a ransom for the other victim. But the marshal thinks she’s lying.
