The sign of the weeping virgin
By: Alana White
Series: Thorndike Press large print core; Thorndike Press large print core series
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 567
ISBN-13: 9781410458063
Copyright date: 2012
Subjects: Politics and government; Renaissance; Renaissance Art; Civilization; Large type books; European fiction; Fiction
Description: In 1480, Florentine investigator Guid' Antonio Vespucci and his nephew, Amerigo, are entangled in events that threaten to destroy them and their beloved city. Marauding Turks abduct a beautiful young Florentine girl and sell her into slavery. Then a holy painting in Guid' Antonio's family church begins to weep. Following a spellbinding trail of clues, Guid' Antonio pursues the truth about the missing girl and the painting's mystifying tears.