Title: The secret book of Grazia dei Rossi
First published: September 5, 1997
Description: Heiress to a Jewish banking dynasty, secretary to the world-renowned Isabella d'Este, married to the Pope's Jewish body physician, and lover of the Christian Lord Pirro Gonzaga, Grazia dei Rossi is a woman suspended between two cultures, forced to choose between two men, two worlds.

Inspired by an actual letter from the period, author Jacqueline Park has created an unforgettable heroine - a girl unafraid to petition a duke on behalf of an errant father, a woman unafraid to risk the scorn of her family for love.
Subjects: Fiction, Jewish women, Renaissance, Women, Jewish fiction, Historical fiction, History, American First Novelists, American Historical Fiction, Fiction - Historical, Fiction / General, Historical - General, Italy, Fiction, historical, general, Italy, fiction
Places: Italy
LC classification: PS3566.A6735 S4 1998