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Poisoner Mysteries #1
St. Martin's Griffin
August 2010
On Sale: August 3, 2010
Featuring: Francesca Giordano; Rodrigo Borgia
400 pages
ISBN: 0312609833
EAN: 9780312609832
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Historical
In the simmering hot summer of 1492, a monstrous evil is
stirring within the Eternal City of Rome. The brutal murder
of an alchemist sets off a desperate race to uncover the
plot that threatens to extinguish the light of the
Renaissance and plunge Europe back into medieval darkness. Determined to avenge the killing of her father, Francesca
Giordano defies all convention to claim for herself the
position of poisoner serving Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia, head
of the most notorious and dangerous family in Italy. She
becomes the confidante of Lucrezia Borgia and the lover of
Cesare Borgia. At the same time, she is drawn to the young
renegade monk who yearns to save her life and her soul. Navigating a web of treachery and deceit, Francesca pursues
her father’s killer from the depths of Rome’s Jewish ghetto
to the heights of the Vatican itself. In so doing, she sets
the stage for the ultimate confrontation with ancient forces
that will seek to use her darkest desires to achieve their
own catastrophic ends.
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