The Miracles of Prato: A Novel

Laurie Albanese · Laura Morowitz

ott 2009 · Harper Collins

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“Richly textured Renaissance romance. . . . [A]n irresistibly passionate novel steeped in art, history, and the miracles wrought by love.” —Booklist

Italy, 1456. The Renaissance is in glorious bloom. A Carmelite monk, the great artist Fra Filippo Lippi acts as chaplain to the nuns of the Convent Santa Margherita. It is here that he encounters the greatest temptation of his life, beautiful Lucrezia Buti, who has been driven to holy orders more by poverty than piety. In Lucrezia's flawless face Lippi sees the inspiration for countless Madonnas and he brings the young woman to his studio to serve as his model. But as painter and muse are united in an exhilarating whirl of artistic discovery, a passionate love develops, one that threatens to destroy them both even as it fuels some of Lippi's greatest work.

“Like Fra Filippo’s paintings, this love story, set in one of the most intriguing historical periods, is suffused with clear, warm color and fine attention to detail.” —Debra Dean, author of The Madonnas of Leningrad

“This novel . . . will be lapped up by fans of historical romance.” —Publishers Weekly

“The Miracles of Prato is a time machine, taking the reader back to the height of the Italian Renaissance.” —Eleanor Herman, author of Mistress of the Vatican

“Richly detailed and thoroughly engrossing . . . a poignant portrayal of the heartbreak of two people caught in the Church’s grip during the Italian Renaissance.” —Judith Lindbergh, author of The Thrall’s Tale.

Informazioni sull'autore

Laurie Albanese is the author of the novel Lynelle by the Sea and the memoir Blue Suburbia, which was named a Book Sense Best Book of the Year and was an Entertainment Weekly Editor's Choice selection. Laura Morowitz is a professor of art history and coauthor of Consuming the Past: The Medieval Revival in Fin-de-Siècle France. They both live in New Jersey with their families.