Isbn: 9780747235125 - burning of the rose (1 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Good. 373 pages. cover worn, text tanned, From the back coverIn the Florence of the Medicis and the Renaissance painters, Claire Tarlenton, beautiful and talented musician, artists' model and scholar, is brought up by the foster parents who have cared for her since her re al parents died in the plague of London.Despite her elegant surroundings and protected upbringing, Claire is conscious that she lives in a world of adven ture and danger, born into the knowledge that war is permanent. Even as the Hund red Years' War is ending, the Turks are advancing on Italy and Claire and her fa mily flee to Normandy. For Claire the move from a city of beauty and culture to a grey coastal village proves traumatic . . .Here, English by birth but F rench by nurture, Claire discovers half-denied questions about her true parentag e, and about where her own future lies. Trapped within the violently divided loy alties of the community, she betrays and is betrayed by the man she loves. . .…