num_pages: 302
description: When political upheaval forces her family to flee and separate, Antonia takes her brother's advice to heart as she journeys through Italy and France with her father, the poet Dante Alighieri. She becomes a pilgrim who also embraces interior journeys: she struggles with her difficult, inattentive father; with her heart's desire to paint as her father writes; and with her first tastes of young love. All the while Antonia harbors dreams that others tell her women are not entitles to dream. Dante's Daughter portrays a life in full, one that beautifully answers Antonia's own questions: "Had my journey made me wise? Had my secret griefs made me strong?" This highly imagined story--based on the few known facts of Antonia's life--is set against the dramatic background of pre-Renaissance Europe, rendered in rich detail by storyteller and historian Kimberley Heuston.
language: English
title: Dante's Daughter
titlecomplete: Dante's Daughter
characters: Dante Alighieri, Antonia Alighieri
genres: Historical, Young Adult Historical Fiction, Italy, Young Adult, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Medieval
ratings_count: 144
places: France, Italy, Siena, Tuscany, Paris, Florence, Tuscany
publisher: Front Street