num_pages: 576
description: The Secret Book of Grazia dei Rossi is a sweeping tale of intrigue and romance set in a time rife with court politics, papal chicanery, religious intolerance, and inviolable social rules. Grazia, private secretary to the world-renowned Isabella d'Este, is the daughter of an eminent Jewish banker, the wife of the pope's Jewish physician, and the lover of a Christian prince. In a "secret book," written as a legacy for her son, she records her struggles to choose between the seductions of the Christian world and a return to the family, traditions, and duties of her Jewish roots. As she re-creates Renaissance Italy in captivating detail, Jacqueline Park gives us a timeless portrait of a brave and brilliant woman trapped in an unforgiving, inflexible society.
language: English
title: The Secret Book of Grazia dei Rossi
titlecomplete: The Secret Book of Grazia dei Rossi (Grazia dei Rossi, #1)
genres: Historical, Religion, Italy, Jewish, Novels, Romance, Historical Fiction, Literature, Fiction, Canada
ratings_count: 1829
series: Grazia dei Rossi
publisher: Scribner Paperback Fiction