In this arresting tale of art, love and betrayal in 15th-century Florence, the daughter of a wealthy cloth merchant seeks the freedom of marriage in order to paint, but finds that she may have bought ...

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Independent publisher Whitefox has collaborated with author Sarah Dunant on a “bold” history of the Marchesa Isabella d’Este, a female art collector and patron of the Renaissance. The Marchesa, a ...

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I’ve just finished Sarah Dunant’s “Sacred Hearts,” the third novel in her best-selling Renaissance trilogy, this one set in a sixteenth-century Italian convent. Everyone praises Dunant’s ability to ...

is in London, just back from her "extremely small flat" in Florence, and she has a few things to say about her favorite Italian city. "It's been all pleasure," she said of the second home she's had ...

"Poison" is probably the first word that springs to mind when you hear the name Borgia. Followed rapidly by "incest," "murder" and "plots." Borgia is a historical name with a lot of resonance. So, for ...

The latest instalment in a bravura Renaissance series offers a new perspective on two of history’s most notorious figures, Lucrezia Borgia and Niccolò Machiavelli Recent advances in malice and ...