Imprint
- Hodder Paperbacks
- Hodder & Stoughton
Fiction, Historical romance, Historical fiction
For her nineteenth birthday, Pia of the Tolomei was given a necklace and a husband...
The Palio: Siena s famously dangerous and hard-fought horse race. A year of planning, ten riders, three circuits of the piazza and all over in a single moment. But this year, for two of the women watching, far more than the coveted prize is at stake.
For Pia of the Tolomei, the most beautiful woman in Siena, the Palio is her last hope of escaping a violent marriage. For Violante de Medici, it marks the start of what her enemies intend to be her last month as governess of the city. Isolated in her palace, surrounded by conspirators, she must find the courage to uncover a plot that threatens her very existence.
The trumpets sound. And into the piazza rides an unknown horseman, clad in the colours of the Towe contrada. What he does during the race will not only change the lives of Pia and Violante, but alter the course of the Medici dynasty itself.
Alive with all the colour and rich historical detail that marks Marina Fiorato s work, Daughter of Siena is a dramatic and compelling story of treachery, courage and the power of love.
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Praise for Daughter of Siena
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Praise for Marina Fiorato:
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'Fiorato creates her own masterpiece' - Booklist
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Captures the scents, passion and vigour of Italy - Books Quarterly
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A great read - Best
Marina Fiorato
Marina Fiorato is half-Venetian. She was born in Manchester and raised in the Yorkshire Dales. She is a history graduate of Oxford University and the University of Venice, where she read for a master's degree in Shakespeare. After university she studied art and worked in the film and music industries, creating visuals for U2, The Rolling Stones and the Queen musical We Will Rock You. Her novels Daughter of Siena and Beatrice & Benedick were shortlisted for the Romantic Novelists' Association Historial Fiction Award. Marina was married on the Grand Canal and lives in north London with her husband, son and daughter. You can find out more about Marina and her writing at www.marinafiorato.com and follow her on Twitter @marinafiorato
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