Romola Annotated

By: Eliot, George

An historical novel by George Eliot set in the fifteenth century. Florence, 1492: Christopher Columbus has sailed towards the New World, and Florence has just mourned the death of its legendary leader, Lorenzo de' Medici. In this setting, a Florentine trader meets a shipwrecked stranger, who introduces himself as Tito Melema, a young Italianate-Greek scholar. Tito becomes acquainted with several other Florentines, including Nello the barber and a young girl named Tessa. He is also introduced to a blind scholar named Bardo de' Bardi, and his daughter Romola. As Tito becomes settled in Florence, assisting Bardo with classical studies, he falls in love with Romola.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B08P2FV5D7
• ISBN13: 9798569865963
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 806 Pages
• Weight: 2.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"