| The Miracles of Prato Contributor(s): Albanese, Laurie (Author), Morowitz, Laura (Author) |
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ISBN: 0061558354 ISBN-13: 9780061558351 Publisher: William Morrow & Company OUR PRICE: $13.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - Renaissance - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Romance - Historical - Medieval |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2008019437 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.26" W x 8.02" (0.66 lbs) 400 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "Like Fra Filippo's paintings, this love story, set in one of the most intriguing historical periods, is suffused with clear, warm color and fine attention to detail." --Debra Dean, author of The Madonnas of Leningrad A vibrant and enthralling historical novel about art and passion, The Miracles of Prato by Laurie Albanese and Laura Morowitz brings Italy in the era of the Medici to glorious life--as it tells the story of an illicit love affair between the renowned painter Fra Filippo Lippi and his muse, a beautiful convent novitiate. A magnificent blend of fact, historical color, emotion, and invention, The Miracles of Prato is a novel that will delight the many fans of Tracy Chavalier's Girl with a Pearl Earring and Susan Vreeland's Girl in Hyacinth Blue. |
Contributor Bio(s): Albanese, Laurie: - Laurie Albanese is the author of the novel Lynelle by the Sea and the memoir Blue Suburbia, which was named a Book Sense Best Book of the Year and was an Entertainment Weekly Editor's Choice selection. Morowitz, Laura: -Laura Morowitz is a professor of art history and coauthor of Consuming the Past: The Medieval Revival in Fin-de-Siecle France. They both live in New Jersey with their families. |