The Brightest Star [electronic resource]
Emma Harcourt2022
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A thirst for learning and a passion for astronomy draw an extraordinary young
woman deep into the intellectual maelstrom, political complexities and religious
extremism of Renaissance Florence. This beautifully crafted novel will appeal to
readers of Karen Brooks' The Good Wife of Bath and Pip Williams' Dictionary of
Lost Words.
1496 It is the height of the Renaissance and its flowering of intellectual and
artistic endeavour, but the city state of Florence is in the grip of
fundamentalist preacher Friar Girolamo Savonarola. Its good people believe the
Lord speaks through him, just as certainly as the Sun circles the Earth.
For Leonarda Lunetta, eldest daughter of the learned Signore Vincenzio Fusili,
religion is not as interesting as the books she shares with her beloved father.
Reading is an escape from the ridicule flung her way, for Luna is not like other
girls. She was born with a misshapen leg and that, and her passion for
intellectual pursuits alters how societ...
Main title:
The Brightest Star [electronic resource] / Emma Harcourt
Author:
Emma Harcourt, Author
Imprint:
Australia : HQ Fiction, 2022
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (400.0 pages)
Audience:
General/trade
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781489249173
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
428717
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
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| Online | Online resource (Member logon) | indyreads - eBook |