FREE: The Miracles of Prato: A Historical Novel

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Italy, 1456: The Rennaissance is in glorious bloom. A Carmelite monk, the great artist Fra Filippo Lippi, acts as chaplain to the nuns of the Convent Santa Margherita. It is hre he encounters the greatest temptation of his life, beautiful Lucrezia Buti, who has ben driven to holy orders more by poverty than by piety. In Lucrezia's flawless face Lippi sees the inspiration for countless Madonnas and he brings the young woman to his studio to serve as his model. But as the painter and muse are united in an exhilarating whirl of artistic discovery, a passionate love develops, one that threatens to destroy them both even as it fuels some of Lippi's greatest work. Booklist review: "This richly textures Renaissance romance...(is) an irresistibly passionate novel steeped in art, history, and the miracles wrought by love...Will appeal to fans of Tracy Chevalier and Susan Vreeland." Personally I am not a fan of romance novels but I love history and I love art and found this to be truly engrossing. I have studied some of Lippi's works and even seen them in person and this book made the paintings come alive. Authors: Laurie Albanese & Laura Morowitz Cover has a dog eared corner (see photo) a few back pages are wrinkled