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DK Marley
May 31, 20234 min read
From Child Bride to Powerful Ruler - an Editorial Review of "Turning the World to Stone"
Book Blurb: Vilified by history, Caterina Sforza learned early that her life was not her own. Married at age ten, she was a pawn in the...
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DK Marley
May 4, 20236 min read
An Impossible Murder in 15th Century Florence - an Editorial Review of "The Hearts of All on Fire"
Book Blurb: Florence, 1473. An impossible murder. A bitter rivalry. A serpent in the ranks. Florentine investigator Guid’Antonio Vespucci...
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DK Marley
Dec 5, 20226 min read
A Merging of Balkan and Venetian History and Worlds - an Editorial Review of "Mask of Dreams"
Book Blurb: In 15th century Venice, Caterina struggles against the inevitability of an arranged marriage to a man old enough to be her...
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DK Marley
May 22, 20224 min read
Paintings as Propaganda in 16th Century Florence - a Guest Post
A Guest Post by C. DeMelo If one does a Google image search for "Eleonora di Toledo" (wife of Grand Duke Cosimo I), Bronzino’s famous...
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