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      <title>Belle Cora by Phillip Margulies</title>
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      <content type="text/html">&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780385532761&quot;&gt;&lt;img align=&quot;right&quot; src=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/catalog_cover.pperl?9780385532761&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780385532761&quot;&gt;Belle Cora&lt;/a&gt; A Novel&lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;Written by&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=107786&quot;&gt;Phillip Margulies&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;b&gt;Hardcover&lt;/b&gt;, 608 pages | Doubleday | Fiction - Historical; Fiction - Romance - Historical; Fiction - Biographical | &lt;b&gt;$28.95&lt;/b&gt; | 978-0-385-53276-1 (0-385-53276-8)&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;A sweeping historical novel based on the extraordinary life and times  of Belle Cora, the daughter of a New York merchant who went on to  become a millworker, a prostitute, a notorious madam, a murderess, and  eventually one of San Francisco's richest and most revered dowagers.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; Some people remember her as Arabella Godwin, others as Harriet Knowles,  and still more as Frances Andersen or other names too numerous to list.  But let there be no confusion, this is the legendary story of Belle  Cora (1828-1919), who survived by her wits and made a fortune off the  greed and lust of men.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; Orphaned at age nine, Belle and her  brother, Lewis, are sent to live with their devoutly religious aunt and  uncle in rural upstate New York. Nothing can prepare her for the cruelty  of her watchful, jealous cousin Agnes, who would become a lifelong  rival and enemy. Yet there, Belle also meets the love of her life,  Jeptha Talbot. As she blossoms into a true beauty, however, two  horrendous events separate her from Jeptha and Lewis. Heartbroken, Belle  flees the countryside and finds work in a mill, where she is exposed to  the looser morals of hard luck women and begins to harden into the  powerful, cunning woman she will become.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; Soon Belle finds  herself in New York, where life takes a dark but alluring turn as she  succumbs to the indulgent lifestyle of a highly sought-after prostitute  to the city's wealthiest men. But beneath the silk and taffeta layers,  she harbors a deep longing to be reunited with Jeptha, now a respected  preacher. The road back to him will take her on a treacherous journey  from the town houses of Manhattan to the dusty streets of San Francisco  at the height of the Gold Rush. It's a road of good intentions, but  paved with secrets and lies on which the conniving, sometimes ruthless  Belle must transform herself again and again to get what she wants.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; This is the spellbinding story of the devious exploits of a singular woman ahead of her time. Be prepared to be swept away by &lt;i&gt;Belle Cora&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;</content>
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      <updated>2014-01-07T00:30:00-05:00</updated>
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      <title>Belle Cora by Phillip Margulies</title>
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      <content type="text/html">&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780385532778&quot;&gt;&lt;img align=&quot;right&quot; src=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/catalog_cover.pperl?9780385532778&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780385532778&quot;&gt;Belle Cora&lt;/a&gt; A Novel&lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;Written by&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=107786&quot;&gt;Phillip Margulies&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;b&gt;eBook&lt;/b&gt;, 608 pages | Doubleday | Fiction - Historical; Fiction - Romance - Historical; Fiction - Biographical | &lt;b&gt;$&lt;/b&gt; | 978-0-385-53277-8 (0-385-53277-6)&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;A sweeping historical novel based on the extraordinary life and times  of Belle Cora, the daughter of a New York merchant who went on to  become a millworker, a prostitute, a notorious madam, a murderess, and  eventually one of San Francisco's richest and most revered dowagers.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; Some people remember her as Arabella Godwin, others as Harriet Knowles,  and still more as Frances Andersen or other names too numerous to list.  But let there be no confusion, this is the legendary story of Belle  Cora (1828-1919), who survived by her wits and made a fortune off the  greed and lust of men.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; Orphaned at age nine, Belle and her  brother, Lewis, are sent to live with their devoutly religious aunt and  uncle in rural upstate New York. Nothing can prepare her for the cruelty  of her watchful, jealous cousin Agnes, who would become a lifelong  rival and enemy. Yet there, Belle also meets the love of her life,  Jeptha Talbot. As she blossoms into a true beauty, however, two  horrendous events separate her from Jeptha and Lewis. Heartbroken, Belle  flees the countryside and finds work in a mill, where she is exposed to  the looser morals of hard luck women and begins to harden into the  powerful, cunning woman she will become.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; Soon Belle finds  herself in New York, where life takes a dark but alluring turn as she  succumbs to the indulgent lifestyle of a highly sought-after prostitute  to the city's wealthiest men. But beneath the silk and taffeta layers,  she harbors a deep longing to be reunited with Jeptha, now a respected  preacher. The road back to him will take her on a treacherous journey  from the town houses of Manhattan to the dusty streets of San Francisco  at the height of the Gold Rush. It's a road of good intentions, but  paved with secrets and lies on which the conniving, sometimes ruthless  Belle must transform herself again and again to get what she wants.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; This is the spellbinding story of the devious exploits of a singular woman ahead of her time. Be prepared to be swept away by &lt;i&gt;Belle Cora&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;</content>
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      <title>Emma of Aurora by Jane Kirkpatrick</title>
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      <content type="text/html">&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780307732156&quot;&gt;&lt;img align=&quot;right&quot; src=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/catalog_cover.pperl?9780307732156&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780307732156&quot;&gt;Emma of Aurora&lt;/a&gt; The Complete Change and Cherish Trilogy: A Clearing in the Wild, A Tendering in the Storm, A Mending at the Edge&lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;Written by&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=15809&quot;&gt;Jane Kirkpatrick&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;b&gt;Trade Paperback&lt;/b&gt;, 1200 pages | WaterBrook Press | Fiction - Christian - Historical; Fiction - Historical; Fiction - Biographical | &lt;b&gt;$19.99&lt;/b&gt; | 978-0-307-73215-6 (0-307-73215-0)&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;</content>
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      <title>Emma of Aurora by Jane Kirkpatrick</title>
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      <content type="text/html">&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780307732163&quot;&gt;&lt;img align=&quot;right&quot; src=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/catalog_cover.pperl?9780307732163&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780307732163&quot;&gt;Emma of Aurora&lt;/a&gt; The Complete Change and Cherish Trilogy: A Clearing in the Wild, A Tendering in the Storm, A Mending at the Edge&lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;Written by&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=15809&quot;&gt;Jane Kirkpatrick&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;b&gt;eBook&lt;/b&gt;, 1200 pages | WaterBrook Press | Fiction - Christian - Historical; Fiction - Historical; Fiction - Biographical | &lt;b&gt;$9.99&lt;/b&gt; | 978-0-307-73216-3 (0-307-73216-9)&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;</content>
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      <updated>2013-11-05T00:30:00-05:00</updated>
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      <title>A Dangerous Inheritance by Alison Weir</title>
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      <content type="text/html">&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780345511904&quot;&gt;&lt;img align=&quot;right&quot; src=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/catalog_cover.pperl?9780345511904&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780345511904&quot;&gt;A Dangerous Inheritance&lt;/a&gt; A Novel of Tudor Rivals and the Secret of the Tower&lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;Written by&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=32728&quot;&gt;Alison Weir&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;b&gt;Trade Paperback&lt;/b&gt;, 560 pages | Ballantine Books | Fiction - Historical; Fiction - Biographical; Fiction - Family Saga | &lt;b&gt;$15.00&lt;/b&gt; | 978-0-345-51190-4 (0-345-51190-5)&lt;p&gt;In this engrossing novel of historical suspense, &lt;i&gt;New York Times&lt;/i&gt; bestselling author Alison Weir tells the dramatic intertwined stories of two women&amp;mdash;Katherine Grey and Kate Plantagenet&amp;mdash;separated by time but linked by twin destinies . . . . involving the mysterious tragic fate of the young Princes in the Tower.&lt;br&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;When her older sister, Lady Jane Grey, the Nine Days&amp;rsquo; Queen, is executed in 1554 for unlawfully accepting the English crown, Lady Katherine Grey&amp;rsquo;s world falls apart. Barely recovered from this tragic loss she risks all for love, only to incur the wrath of her formidable cousin Queen Elizabeth I, who sees Katherine as a rival for her insecure throne.&lt;br&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt; Interlaced with Katherine&amp;rsquo;s story is that of her distant kinswoman Kate Plantagenet, the bastard daughter of Richard III, the last Plantagenet king. In 1483, Kate travels to London for Richard&amp;rsquo;s coronation, and her world changes forever.&lt;br&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt; Kate loves her father, but before long she hears terrible rumors about him that threaten all she holds dear. Like Katherine Grey, she falls in love with a man who is forbidden to her. Then Kate embarks on what will become a perilous quest, covertly seeking the truth about what befell her cousins the Princes in the Tower, who may have been victims of Richard III&amp;rsquo;s lust for power. But time is not on Kate&amp;rsquo;s side, or on Katherine&amp;rsquo;s.&lt;br&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt; Katherine finds herself a prisoner in the Tower of London, the sinister fortress that overshadowed the lives of so many royal figures, including the boy princes. Will Elizabeth demand the full penalty for treason? And what secrets will Katherine find hidden within the Tower walls?&lt;br&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt; Alison Weir&amp;rsquo;s new novel is a page-turning story set within a framework of fascinating historical authenticity. In this rich and layered tapestry, Katherine and Kate discover that possessing royal blood can prove to be a dangerous inheritance.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;Look for special features inside. Join the Random House Reader&amp;rsquo;s Circle for author chats and more.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;Praise for &lt;i&gt;A Dangerous Inheritance&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt; &amp;ldquo;Highly compelling [with] plenty to keep readers enthralled.&amp;rdquo;&amp;mdash;Historical Novel Review&lt;br&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt; &amp;ldquo;A page turner . . . too juicy to put down . . . Alison Weir&amp;rsquo;s strong suit as a fiction writer is making her novels living history.&amp;rdquo;&amp;mdash;&lt;i&gt;The Courier-Journal&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt; &amp;ldquo;With its evident in-depth research and creative twists, this tale of two women trying to make sense of the power of the English crown . . . is nothing short of riveting.&amp;rdquo;&amp;mdash;&lt;i&gt;Library Journal&lt;/i&gt; (starred review)&lt;br&gt; &lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br&gt; &amp;ldquo;No one alive knows as much about the Tudors as Weir. . . . Any reader of Hilary Mantel&amp;rsquo;s excellent Tudor evocations will want to explore this book as well.&amp;rdquo;&amp;mdash;&lt;i&gt;Kirkus Reviews&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt; &amp;ldquo;Stunning . . . A richly layered cake of love, sex, danger, death, and mystery.&amp;rdquo;&lt;i&gt;&amp;mdash;Sunday Express&lt;/i&gt; (UK)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;</content>
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      <updated>2013-10-29T00:30:00-05:00</updated>
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      <title>Top Down by Jim Lehrer</title>
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      <content type="text/html">&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781400069163&quot;&gt;&lt;img align=&quot;right&quot; src=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/catalog_cover.pperl?9781400069163&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781400069163&quot;&gt;Top Down&lt;/a&gt; A Novel of the Kennedy Assassination&lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;Written by&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=17187&quot;&gt;Jim Lehrer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;b&gt;Hardcover&lt;/b&gt;, 208 pages | Random House | Fiction - Historical; Fiction - Political; Fiction - Biographical | &lt;b&gt;$26.00&lt;/b&gt; | 978-1-4000-6916-3 (1-4000-6916-5)&lt;p&gt;In a riveting novel rooted in one of American history&amp;rsquo;s great &amp;ldquo;what ifs,&amp;rdquo; Jim Lehrer tells the story of two men haunted by the events leading up to John F. Kennedy&amp;rsquo;s assassination. &lt;br&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt; November 22, 1963. As Air Force One touches down in Dallas, ambitious young newspaper reporter Jack Gilmore races to get the scoop on preparations for President Kennedy&amp;rsquo;s motorcade. Will the bubble top on the presidential limousine be up or down? Down, according to veteran Secret Service agent Van Walters. The decision to leave the top down and expose JFK to fire from above will weigh on Van&amp;rsquo;s conscience for decades. But will it also change the course of history?&lt;br&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt; Five years after the assassination, Jack gets an anguished phone call from Van&amp;rsquo;s daughter Marti. Van Walters is ravaged by guilt, so convinced that his actions led to JFK&amp;rsquo;s death that he has lost the will to live. In a desperate bid to deliver her father from his demons, Marti enlists Jack&amp;rsquo;s help in a risky reenactment designed to prove once and for all what &lt;i&gt;would&lt;/i&gt; have happened had the bubble top stayed in place on that grim November day.&lt;br&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt; For Jack, it&amp;rsquo;s a chance to break a once-in-a-lifetime story that could make his career. But for Van the stakes are even higher. The outcome of a ballistics test conducted on the grounds of a secluded estate in upstate New York might just save his life&amp;mdash;or push him over the edge. &lt;br&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt; A page-turning historical novel with the beating heart of a thriller, &lt;i&gt;Top Down&lt;/i&gt; could only have sprung from the fertile imagination of Jim Lehrer. Drawing on his own experience as an eyewitness to the events described, one of America&amp;rsquo;s most respected journalists has crafted an engrossing story out of the emotional aftershocks of a national tragedy.&lt;br&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt; &lt;b&gt;PRAISE FOR JIM LEHRER&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;b&gt;Super&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt; &amp;ldquo;Sheer delights . . . combines the rolling suspense of &lt;i&gt;Murder on the Orient Express&lt;/i&gt; with the high jinks of [Lehrer&amp;rsquo;s] lighter novels.&amp;rdquo;&amp;mdash;&lt;i&gt;The Kansas City Star&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;b&gt;Oh, Johnny&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt; &amp;ldquo;A warmhearted evocation of the road not taken.&amp;rdquo;&amp;mdash;&lt;i&gt;Kirkus Reviews&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;b&gt;Eureka&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt; &amp;ldquo;A nutty, likable romp [that] quickly takes on a deeper resonance that is certain to please readers . . . quite moving.&amp;rdquo;&amp;mdash;&lt;i&gt;The Washington Post&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;b&gt;The Phony Marine&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt; &amp;ldquo;A story of emotional depth and unexpected twists of plot&amp;nbsp; . . . [Lehrer] delivers a convincing and compelling story.&amp;rdquo;&amp;mdash;&lt;i&gt;The Oklahoman&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;b&gt;The Franklin Affair&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt; &amp;ldquo;A serious-minded yet breezy detective story . . . perfectly suited to beach reading and deep enough to raise lasting questions about life, liberty and the pursuit of historical accuracy.&amp;rdquo;&amp;mdash;&lt;i&gt;The Miami Herald&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;</content>
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      <updated>2013-10-08T00:30:00-05:00</updated>
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    <entry>
      <title>Top Down by Jim Lehrer</title>
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      <updated>2013-09-24T00:30:00-05:00</updated>
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Now Sarah Dunant turns her discerning eye to one of the world&amp;rsquo;s most intriguing and infamous families&amp;mdash;the Borgias&amp;mdash;in an engrossing work of literary fiction.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt; By the end of the fifteenth century, the beauty and creativity of Italy is matched by its brutality and corruption, nowhere more than in Rome and inside the Church. When Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia buys his way into the papacy as Alexander VI, he is defined not just by his wealth or his passionate love for his illegitimate children, but by his blood: He is a Spanish Pope in a city run by Italians. If the Borgias are to triumph, this charismatic, consummate politician with a huge appetite for life, women, and power must use papacy and family&amp;mdash;in particular, his eldest son, Cesare, and his daughter Lucrezia&amp;mdash;in order to succeed.&lt;br&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt; Cesare, with a dazzlingly cold intelligence and an even colder soul, is his greatest&amp;mdash;though increasingly unstable&amp;mdash;weapon. Later immortalized in Machiavelli&amp;rsquo;s &lt;i&gt;The Prince, &lt;/i&gt;he provides the energy and the muscle. Lucrezia, beloved by both men, is the prime dynastic tool. Twelve years old when the novel opens, hers is a journey through three marriages, and from childish innocence to painful experience, from pawn to political player.&lt;br&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt; Stripping away the myths around the Borgias, &lt;i&gt;Blood &amp;amp; Beauty&lt;/i&gt; is a majestic novel that breathes life into this astonishing family and celebrates the raw power of history itself: compelling, complex and relentless.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;Praise for &lt;i&gt;Blood &amp;amp; Beauty&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&amp;ldquo;The big, bad Borgia dynasty undergoes modern reconsideration in [Sarah Dunant&amp;rsquo;s] epic new biofiction. . . . Dunant&amp;rsquo;s biggest and best work to date, this intelligently readable account of formative events and monster players &lt;b&gt;has Hilary Mantel&amp;ndash;era quality best-seller stamped all over it&lt;/b&gt;.&amp;rdquo;&lt;br&gt; &lt;b&gt;&amp;mdash;&lt;i&gt;Kirkus Reviews&lt;/i&gt; (starred review)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&amp;ldquo;Hugely enjoyable . . . an old-fashioned rollercoaster of a story . . . [Dunant] triumphs, like all good novelists . . . in a deft, shrewd, precise use of killer detail.&amp;rdquo;&lt;br&gt; &lt;b&gt;&amp;mdash;&lt;i&gt;The Guardian &lt;/i&gt;(UK)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt; &amp;ldquo;[Dunant] is in her element. . . . She brings 15th-century Italian cities vividly alive. . . . [&lt;i&gt;Blood &amp;amp; Beauty&lt;/i&gt;] is an intelligent and passionate book that will no doubt thrill Borgia-lovers.&amp;rdquo;&lt;br&gt; &lt;b&gt;&amp;mdash;&lt;i&gt;The Sunday Times &lt;/i&gt;(UK)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt; &amp;ldquo;What a marvelous feast of vices and desires Sarah Dunant gives us&amp;mdash;lust and ambition, passion and power, destiny born and bought. The Borgias are arguably the most intriguing and ruthless family in all of history, and Dunant brings them ravishingly, bristlingly to life.&amp;rdquo;&lt;br&gt; &lt;b&gt;&amp;mdash;Paula McLain, author of &lt;i&gt;The Paris Wife&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt; &amp;ldquo;An astounding achievement, extensively researched and exquisitely written . . . The Borgias have never been so human, and so humanely portrayed.&amp;rdquo;&lt;br&gt; &lt;b&gt;&amp;mdash;Melanie Benjamin, author of &lt;i&gt;The Aviator&amp;rsquo;s Wife&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt; &amp;ldquo;A fascinating read full of vivid detail and human pathos . . . Dunant opens a window into the extraordinary machinations and skullduggery of the Borgias and provides us with a richness of description that beautifully locates them in their own time.&amp;rdquo;&lt;br&gt; &lt;b&gt;&amp;mdash;Amanda Foreman, author of &lt;i&gt;A World on Fire&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;</content>
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      <title>Blood &amp; Beauty by Sarah Dunant</title>
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Now Sarah Dunant turns her discerning eye to one of the world&amp;rsquo;s most intriguing and infamous families&amp;mdash;the Borgias&amp;mdash;in an engrossing work of literary fiction.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt; By the end of the fifteenth century, the beauty and creativity of Italy is matched by its brutality and corruption, nowhere more than in Rome and inside the Church. When Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia buys his way into the papacy as Alexander VI, he is defined not just by his wealth or his passionate love for his illegitimate children, but by his blood: He is a Spanish Pope in a city run by Italians. If the Borgias are to triumph, this charismatic, consummate politician with a huge appetite for life, women, and power must use papacy and family&amp;mdash;in particular, his eldest son, Cesare, and his daughter Lucrezia&amp;mdash;in order to succeed.&lt;br&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt; Cesare, with a dazzlingly cold intelligence and an even colder soul, is his greatest&amp;mdash;though increasingly unstable&amp;mdash;weapon. Later immortalized in Machiavelli&amp;rsquo;s &lt;i&gt;The Prince, &lt;/i&gt;he provides the energy and the muscle. Lucrezia, beloved by both men, is the prime dynastic tool. Twelve years old when the novel opens, hers is a journey through three marriages, and from childish innocence to painful experience, from pawn to political player.&lt;br&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt; Stripping away the myths around the Borgias, &lt;i&gt;Blood &amp;amp; Beauty&lt;/i&gt; is a majestic novel that breathes life into this astonishing family and celebrates the raw power of history itself: compelling, complex and relentless.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;Praise for &lt;i&gt;Blood &amp;amp; Beauty&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&amp;ldquo;The big, bad Borgia dynasty undergoes modern reconsideration in [Sarah Dunant&amp;rsquo;s] epic new biofiction. . . . Dunant&amp;rsquo;s biggest and best work to date, this intelligently readable account of formative events and monster players &lt;b&gt;has Hilary Mantel&amp;ndash;era quality best-seller stamped all over it&lt;/b&gt;.&amp;rdquo;&lt;br&gt; &lt;b&gt;&amp;mdash;&lt;i&gt;Kirkus Reviews&lt;/i&gt; (starred review)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&amp;ldquo;Hugely enjoyable . . . an old-fashioned rollercoaster of a story . . . [Dunant] triumphs, like all good novelists . . . in a deft, shrewd, precise use of killer detail.&amp;rdquo;&lt;br&gt; &lt;b&gt;&amp;mdash;&lt;i&gt;The Guardian &lt;/i&gt;(UK)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt; &amp;ldquo;[Dunant] is in her element. . . . She brings 15th-century Italian cities vividly alive. . . . [&lt;i&gt;Blood &amp;amp; Beauty&lt;/i&gt;] is an intelligent and passionate book that will no doubt thrill Borgia-lovers.&amp;rdquo;&lt;br&gt; &lt;b&gt;&amp;mdash;&lt;i&gt;The Sunday Times &lt;/i&gt;(UK)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt; &amp;ldquo;What a marvelous feast of vices and desires Sarah Dunant gives us&amp;mdash;lust and ambition, passion and power, destiny born and bought. The Borgias are arguably the most intriguing and ruthless family in all of history, and Dunant brings them ravishingly, bristlingly to life.&amp;rdquo;&lt;br&gt; &lt;b&gt;&amp;mdash;Paula McLain, author of &lt;i&gt;The Paris Wife&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt; &amp;ldquo;An astounding achievement, extensively researched and exquisitely written . . . The Borgias have never been so human, and so humanely portrayed.&amp;rdquo;&lt;br&gt; &lt;b&gt;&amp;mdash;Melanie Benjamin, author of &lt;i&gt;The Aviator&amp;rsquo;s Wife&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt; &amp;ldquo;A fascinating read full of vivid detail and human pathos . . . Dunant opens a window into the extraordinary machinations and skullduggery of the Borgias and provides us with a richness of description that beautifully locates them in their own time.&amp;rdquo;&lt;br&gt; &lt;b&gt;&amp;mdash;Amanda Foreman, author of &lt;i&gt;A World on Fire&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;i&gt;From the Hardcover edition.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;</content>
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If the Borgias are to triumph, this charismatic, consummate politician with a huge appetite for life, women, and power must use papacy and family&amp;mdash;in particular, his eldest son, Cesare, and his daughter Lucrezia&amp;mdash;in order to succeed.&lt;br&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt; Cesare, with a dazzlingly cold intelligence and an even colder soul, is his greatest&amp;mdash;though increasingly unstable&amp;mdash;weapon. Later immortalized in Machiavelli&amp;rsquo;s &lt;i&gt;The Prince, &lt;/i&gt;he provides the energy and the muscle. Lucrezia, beloved by both men, is the prime dynastic tool. Twelve years old when the novel opens, hers is a journey through three marriages, and from childish innocence to painful experience, from pawn to political player.&lt;br&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt; Stripping away the myths around the Borgias, &lt;i&gt;Blood &amp;amp; Beauty&lt;/i&gt; is a majestic novel that breathes life into this astonishing family and celebrates the raw power of history itself: compelling, complex and relentless.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;Praise for &lt;i&gt;Blood &amp;amp; Beauty&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&amp;ldquo;The big, bad Borgia dynasty undergoes modern reconsideration in [Sarah Dunant&amp;rsquo;s] epic new biofiction. . . . Dunant&amp;rsquo;s biggest and best work to date, this intelligently readable account of formative events and monster players &lt;b&gt;has Hilary Mantel&amp;ndash;era quality best-seller stamped all over it&lt;/b&gt;.&amp;rdquo;&lt;br&gt; &lt;b&gt;&amp;mdash;&lt;i&gt;Kirkus Reviews&lt;/i&gt; (starred review)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&amp;ldquo;Hugely enjoyable . . . an old-fashioned rollercoaster of a story . . . [Dunant] triumphs, like all good novelists . . . in a deft, shrewd, precise use of killer detail.&amp;rdquo;&lt;br&gt; &lt;b&gt;&amp;mdash;&lt;i&gt;The Guardian &lt;/i&gt;(UK)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt; &amp;ldquo;[Dunant] is in her element. . . . She brings 15th-century Italian cities vividly alive. . . . [&lt;i&gt;Blood &amp;amp; Beauty&lt;/i&gt;] is an intelligent and passionate book that will no doubt thrill Borgia-lovers.&amp;rdquo;&lt;br&gt; &lt;b&gt;&amp;mdash;&lt;i&gt;The Sunday Times &lt;/i&gt;(UK)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt; &amp;ldquo;What a marvelous feast of vices and desires Sarah Dunant gives us&amp;mdash;lust and ambition, passion and power, destiny born and bought. The Borgias are arguably the most intriguing and ruthless family in all of history, and Dunant brings them ravishingly, bristlingly to life.&amp;rdquo;&lt;br&gt; &lt;b&gt;&amp;mdash;Paula McLain, author of &lt;i&gt;The Paris Wife&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt; &amp;ldquo;An astounding achievement, extensively researched and exquisitely written . . . The Borgias have never been so human, and so humanely portrayed.&amp;rdquo;&lt;br&gt; &lt;b&gt;&amp;mdash;Melanie Benjamin, author of &lt;i&gt;The Aviator&amp;rsquo;s Wife&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt; &amp;ldquo;A fascinating read full of vivid detail and human pathos . . . Dunant opens a window into the extraordinary machinations and skullduggery of the Borgias and provides us with a richness of description that beautifully locates them in their own time.&amp;rdquo;&lt;br&gt; &lt;b&gt;&amp;mdash;Amanda Foreman, author of &lt;i&gt;A World on Fire&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;i&gt;From the Hardcover edition.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;</content>
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      <title>Blood &amp; Beauty by Edoardo Ballerini</title>
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Now Sarah Dunant turns her discerning eye to one of the world&amp;rsquo;s most intriguing and infamous families&amp;mdash;the Borgias&amp;mdash;in an engrossing work of literary fiction.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt; By the end of the fifteenth century, the beauty and creativity of Italy is matched by its brutality and corruption, nowhere more than in Rome and inside the Church. When Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia buys his way into the papacy as Alexander VI, he is defined not just by his wealth or his passionate love for his illegitimate children, but by his blood: He is a Spanish Pope in a city run by Italians. If the Borgias are to triumph, this charismatic, consummate politician with a huge appetite for life, women, and power must use papacy and family&amp;mdash;in particular, his eldest son, Cesare, and his daughter Lucrezia&amp;mdash;in order to succeed.&lt;br&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt; Cesare, with a dazzlingly cold intelligence and an even colder soul, is his greatest&amp;mdash;though increasingly unstable&amp;mdash;weapon. Later immortalized in Machiavelli&amp;rsquo;s &lt;i&gt;The Prince, &lt;/i&gt;he provides the energy and the muscle. Lucrezia, beloved by both men, is the prime dynastic tool. Twelve years old when the novel opens, hers is a journey through three marriages, and from childish innocence to painful experience, from pawn to political player.&lt;br&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt; Stripping away the myths around the Borgias, &lt;i&gt;Blood &amp;amp; Beauty&lt;/i&gt; is a majestic novel that breathes life into this astonishing family and celebrates the raw power of history itself: compelling, complex and relentless.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;Praise for &lt;i&gt;Blood &amp;amp; Beauty&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&amp;ldquo;The big, bad Borgia dynasty undergoes modern reconsideration in [Sarah Dunant&amp;rsquo;s] epic new biofiction. . . . Dunant&amp;rsquo;s biggest and best work to date, this intelligently readable account of formative events and monster players &lt;b&gt;has Hilary Mantel&amp;ndash;era quality best-seller stamped all over it&lt;/b&gt;.&amp;rdquo;&lt;br&gt; &lt;b&gt;&amp;mdash;&lt;i&gt;Kirkus Reviews&lt;/i&gt; (starred review)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&amp;ldquo;Hugely enjoyable . . . an old-fashioned rollercoaster of a story . . . [Dunant] triumphs, like all good novelists . . . in a deft, shrewd, precise use of killer detail.&amp;rdquo;&lt;br&gt; &lt;b&gt;&amp;mdash;&lt;i&gt;The Guardian &lt;/i&gt;(UK)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt; &amp;ldquo;[Dunant] is in her element. . . . She brings 15th-century Italian cities vividly alive. . . . [&lt;i&gt;Blood &amp;amp; Beauty&lt;/i&gt;] is an intelligent and passionate book that will no doubt thrill Borgia-lovers.&amp;rdquo;&lt;br&gt; &lt;b&gt;&amp;mdash;&lt;i&gt;The Sunday Times &lt;/i&gt;(UK)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt; &amp;ldquo;What a marvelous feast of vices and desires Sarah Dunant gives us&amp;mdash;lust and ambition, passion and power, destiny born and bought. The Borgias are arguably the most intriguing and ruthless family in all of history, and Dunant brings them ravishingly, bristlingly to life.&amp;rdquo;&lt;br&gt; &lt;b&gt;&amp;mdash;Paula McLain, author of &lt;i&gt;The Paris Wife&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt; &amp;ldquo;An astounding achievement, extensively researched and exquisitely written . . . The Borgias have never been so human, and so humanely portrayed.&amp;rdquo;&lt;br&gt; &lt;b&gt;&amp;mdash;Melanie Benjamin, author of &lt;i&gt;The Aviator&amp;rsquo;s Wife&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt; &amp;ldquo;A fascinating read full of vivid detail and human pathos . . . Dunant opens a window into the extraordinary machinations and skullduggery of the Borgias and provides us with a richness of description that beautifully locates them in their own time.&amp;rdquo;&lt;br&gt; &lt;b&gt;&amp;mdash;Amanda Foreman, author of &lt;i&gt;A World on Fire&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;i&gt;From the Hardcover edition.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;</content>
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