The Red Lily Crown: A Novel of Medici Florence

by Elizabeth Loupas

Book Overview

Elizabeth Loupas returns with her most ambitious historical novel yet, a story of intrigue, passion, and murder in the Medici Court... April, 1574, Florence, Italy. Grand Duke Cosimo de' Medici lies dying. The city is paralyzed with dread, for the next man to wear the red lily crown will be Prince Francesco: despotic, dangerous, and obsessed with alchemy. Chiara Nerini, the troubled daughter of an anti-Medici bookseller, sets out to save her starving...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0451418875
• ISBN13: 9780451418876
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 8.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher