num_pages: 448
description: Juggling is easy  until youre juggling two sides of a lethal vendetta.Florence 1216: Corrado the Fools prank-for-hire began it but where is it going to end? Florences noble families are up in arms and Corrado is pressed into service by both sides against his will. A peacemaking marriage could still quiet the outraged factions but that fragile alliance may crumble under pressure from an interfering woman a scorned bride and a demand for revenge. And only Corrado the reluctant messenger is in a position to see it all taking shape.He doesnt care who comes out on top but he does care a lot about surviving and about protecting those he loves and hell do whatever he must to prevent the enraged nobles from destroying his city. Will his famous wit and ingenuity be enough? Will anything?Inspired by real events A Thing Done tells of a hapless David caught between warring Goliaths. Corrados story makes it clear that the rich and powerful arent the only ones who can make history. Co-winner of the 2014 Sharp Writ Book Award for Fiction.
language: English
title: A Thing Done
publisher: Tinney Sue Heath