Sarah Dunant

Escaping the sack of Rome in 1527, with their stomachs churning on the jewels they have swallowed, the courtesan Fiammetta and her dwarf companion, Bucino, head for Venice. Yet as their fortunes rise, this perfect partnership comes under threat, from the searing passion of a lover who wants more than his allotted nights to the attentions of an admiring Turk in search of human novelties for his sultan's court. But Fiammetta and Bucino's greatest challenge...

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A tale inspired by the lives of Borgia siblings Lucretia and Cesare traces the family's rise in the aftermath of Rodrigo Borgia's rise to the papacy, during which war, a terrifying sexual plague, and the family's notorious reputation forge an intimate bond between brother and sister.

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The New York Times bestselling author of the acclaimed Italian Renaissance novels—The Birth of Venus, In the Company of the Courtesan, and Sacred Hearts—has an exceptional talent for breathing life into history. Now Sarah Dunant turns her discerning eye to one of the world’s most intriguing and infamous families—the Borgias—in...

In London a bomb goes off, killing the daughter of a man whose firm experiments on animals and who himself has received death threats. PI Hannah Wolfe, who was the girl's chaperone, sets out to find the killers. By the author of Birth Marks.

Hannah Wolfe learns the identity of the culprit responsible for sabotaging Castle Dean spa, drawing her deeper into a mystery involving clients dissatisfied with the results of the spa owner's plasic surgeon husband's efforts, who will do almost anything to retain the appearance of youth and beauty.