Title: The sign of the weeping virgin
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.
Subjects: Politics and government, Renaissance, Renaissance Art, Civilization, Large type books, European fiction, Fiction, Fiction, political, Fiction, historical, general, Italy, fiction
Places: Italy, Florence, Florence (Italy)
Time periods: Renaissance, 1450-1600, 1268-1559, 1421-1737