A Party In San Niccolo

Author : Christobel Kent
Publisher : Sphere
ISBN 13 : 0751571121
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Party in San Niccolo written by Christobel Kent and published by Sphere. This book was released on 2018-06-07 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'In the far distance, the great terracotta dome of the cathedral appeared, like a mirage shimmering in the heat haze . . .' Gina Donovan arrives in Florence on a beautiful spring morning to stay with an old friend. She is hoping for nothing more than a break from her demanding young family, but as she soon finds out, this most ancient and beautiful of cities has its dark side. Within hours of her arrival, Gina meets the elegant Frances Richardson, who invites her to her birthday party. As Gina learns, Frances' party is the highlight of the expatriate calendar. This year it is to be held in the gardens beneath the city's medieval wall. However, as Gina's week in Florence unfolds and the party draws near, a terrible discovery is made. And no one in this close-knit community is free of suspicion . . .

Author : Christobel Kent
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781846482908
Total Pages : 12 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Party in San Niccolò written by Christobel Kent and published by . This book was released on 2007-11-01 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Dorothy Dunnett
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0375704809
Total Pages : 550 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Scales of Gold written by Dorothy Dunnett and published by Vintage. This book was released on 1999-06-01 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the bravura storytelling and pungent authenticity of detail she brought to her acclaimed Lymond Chronicles, Dorothy Dunnett, grande dame of the historical novel, presents The House of Niccolò series. The time is the 15th century, when intrepid merchants became the new knighthood of Europe. Among them, none is bolder or more cunning than Nicholas vander Poele of Bruges, the good-natured dyer's apprentice who schemes and swashbuckles his way to the helm of a mercantile empire. The year 1464 finds Nicholas back in Venice. Plagued by enemies bent on dissolving his assets and smearing his character, he sets sail for Africa, legendary location of the Fountain of Youth, home to a descendant of Sheba and Solomon, and the source of gold in such abundance that men prefer to barter in shells. He will learn firsthand the brutality and grandeur of the Dark Continent, from the horror of the slave trade to the austere nobility of Islamic Timbuktu. He will discover, too, the charms of the beautiful Gelis van Borselen--a woman whose passion for Nicholas is rivaled only by her desire to punish him for his role in her sister s death. Erotic and lush with detail, Scales of Gold embraces the complexity of the Renaissance, where mercantile adventure couples with more personal quests behind the silken curtains of the Age of Discovery.

Author : Christobel Kent
Publisher : Atlantic Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 0857896776
Total Pages : 407 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Dead Season written by Christobel Kent and published by Atlantic Books Ltd. This book was released on 2012-05-01 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE THIRD INSTALMENT IN THE SANDRO CELLINI SERIES: Florence lies deserted. The sluggish Arno and the Ponte Vecchio shimmer in the summer haze. A corpse lies on the roadside, waiting for discovery... Every August, Florence shimmers in the summer heat. But this year the heatwave is fiercer than usual, and the city's inhabitants have fled to the cool of the hills. So it is no surprise that amidst the shrubbery of a normally busy roundabout, a corpse lies unnoticed, bloating in the humid air. Sandro Cellini will not be joining the crowds of holidaymakers this year. The former policeman turned private detective has a case: a man who seems to have vanished into thin air - leaving his pregnant young wife alone in the city. Meanwhile, bankteller Roxana Delfino is also stuck in the city for the season, with nothing to do but worry for her aging mother and puzzle over the disappearance of one her regular clients. As all Florence sweats it out, Cellini attempts to grapple with his case and the complications it throws up. And when the weather finally breaks, it brings with it a shocking revelation...

Author : Christobel Kent
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1480447307
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Darkness Descending written by Christobel Kent and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2013-09-03 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the wife of a Florentine political leader disappears, Detective Inspector Cellini’s investigation leads to a seaside town full of beauty and dark secrets. When the driven, charismatic leader of a Florentine political movement collapses at a rally, his young party immediately comes under threat. And when it emerges that his wife, Flavia, has disappeared, leaving behind not only a devastated husband but their newborn son, the political becomes dangerously personal—and Detective Inspector Sandro Cellini is summoned to investigate. The trail leads to a somber seaside town, where Flavia chose to end her life. But Cellini isn’t satisfied—why would someone so young and with so much to live for walk away from all she loves? As he digs into Flavia’s secret world, however, Sandro uncovers the hidden life of a woman consumed with private passions and a dark, deadly obsession—a stark reminder that life in modern Italy has a perilous edge, fueled as much by rage as desire.

Author : Christobel Kent
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141909145
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Florentine Revenge written by Christobel Kent and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2006-08-31 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celia lives and works in Florence as a tour guide and thinks the forthcoming birthday celebrations for the young wife of wealthy businessman Lucas Marsh, will bring the usual mix of museums, galleries and exclusive shopping. But in the cold December weather a man's body is found in a disused swimming pool - a man who 15 years earlier was the chief suspect in an enquiry into the death of a six year old English girl. As Celia's working weekend progresses, she finds she is by no means alone in remembering the gruesome details of that terrible murder, and she and her companions seem unwittingly to get embroiled further and further into the mysteries surrounding a 15 year old grievance, and a very current murder.

Author : Christobel Kent
Publisher : Atlantic Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 0857893319
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Killing Room written by Christobel Kent and published by Atlantic Books Ltd. This book was released on 2014-07-03 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When private investigator Sandro Cellini is invited to attend a glamorous launch party for a luxury residence overlooking Florence, he has no idea what he's walking into. Behind the austere beauty of Palazzo San Giorgio's façade terrible secrets lie hidden: not only an old torture chamber uncovered during excavations, but a much more recent malevolence. Then the head of security dies under suspicious circumstances and Sandro takes on the dead man's role. He soon discovers that his predecessor's death was not random, or isolated, when one of the residents is found murdered in her room. Now, Sandro must work to untangle the secrets of the palazzo to unmask a deadly killer before the fate of another victim is sealed...

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 462 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Art Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vol. for 1867 includes Illustrated catalogue of the Paris Universal Exhibition.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 464 pages
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Download or read book The art journal London written by and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Niccolò Machiavelli
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 320 pages
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Download or read book The Florentine History Written by Niccolò Machiavelli written by Niccolò Machiavelli and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: