|
Children's
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
The Second Mrs. Gioconda by E. L. Konigsburg Publisher Comments The greatest artist of his time... An apprentice with a larcenous heart and an aversion to the truth... A young Dutchess whose plain face belies her beautiful soul... Could the complex ways these three lives intertwine hold the key to a historical... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper 
add to wish list |
|
The Vanishing Point by Louise Hawes Publisher Comments Paint first with your eyes. These are words Lavinia Fontana hears again and again as she eavesdrops on her fathers lessons with his male apprentices. Though her artist father, Prospero Fontana, uses his eyes with great precision in his painting, he does... (read more) Your price: $19.25 New - Trade Paper
add to wish list |
|
The Grace Mysteries: Assassin and Betrayal (Grace Mysteries) by Grace Cavendish Publisher Comments Assassin: One suitor dead with a knife in his back and another under suspicion. . . Can Lady Grace, Queen Elizabeth's favorite Maid of Honor, solve the mystery and bring order back to the Queen's court? Betrayal: Life as a stowaway on board an... (read more) Your price: $15.25 New - Library
add to wish list |
|
The Queen's Soprano by Carol Dines Publisher Comments Seventeen-year-old Angelica Voglia has the voice of an angel. But in seventeenth-century Rome, the pope has forbidden women to sing in public. To make matters worse, her controlling mother is determined to marry her off to a wealthy nobleman, even though... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $7.50 Used - Hardcover
add to wish list |
|
Nonna's Book of Mysteries by Mary Osborne Publisher Comments At age fourteen, all Emilia Serafini wants is to learn to paint so that she can become an artist. But painters' apprenticeships for young women don’t exist in the Florence of Renaissance Italy. The odds appear stacked against her until she receives a... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $11.95 Used - Trade Paper
add to wish list |
|
Leonardo's Shadow: Or, My Astonishing Life as Leonardo Da Vinci's Servant by Christopher Grey Publisher Comments Milan, 1497. The height of the Renaissance. And for Giacomo, servant of the famous painter Leonardo da Vinci, it's the most difficult time of all. His Master has been working on the Last Supper, his greatest painting ever, for nearly two years. But has... (read more) List Price $9.99 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
add to wish list |
|
David by Mary Hoffman Publisher Comments Michelangelo's statue, David, is famous around the world. Millions flock to Italy every year to admire the physical perfection of the young man captured within the marble. But the identity of the model has never been known . . . until now. In this epic... (read more) List Price $17.99 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
add to wish list |
|
Sisters of Glass by Stephanie Hemphill Publisher Comments Maria is the younger daughter of an esteemed family on the island of Murano, the traditional home for Venetian glassmakers. Though she longs to be a glassblower herself, glassblowing is not for daughters—that is her brother's work. Maria has only... (read more) Your price: $16.99 New - Hardcover
add to wish list |
|
The Stolen One by Suzanne Crowley Publisher Comments No one wanted you. But I did. Kat's true identity is a secret, even from her. All she has ever known are Grace and Anna and their small village. Kat wants more—more than hours spent embroidering finery for wealthy ladies and more than Christian... (read more) Your price: $17.99 New - Hardcover
add to wish list |
|
A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare Publisher Comments William Shakespeare's (1564-1616) popular comedy, A Midsummer Night's Dream, portrays the events surrounding the marriage of Theseus, Duke of Athens, and Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons, including the misadventures of four young lovers, a troupe of... (read more) Your price: $14.50 New - Trade Paper
add to wish list |
|
Guinevere: On the Eve of Legend by Cheryl Carpinello Publisher Comments At twelve years old, Guinevere is a typical girl except that she is a princess and, unknown to her at this time, slated to marry King Arthur. Like any preteen, she enjoys having a good time, but also is unable to refrain from getting into trouble and... (read more) Your price: $2.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
add to wish list |
|
Second MRS. Giaconda (75 Edition) by E. L. Konigsburg Publisher Comments "The riddle of the "Mona Lisa" is solved in a most ingenious reconstruction of the middle years of Leonardo Da Vinci's life. . . . Thoroughly entertaining and believable".--"School Library Journal".... (read more) List Price $6.99 Your price: $5.00 Used - Trade Paper
add to wish list |
|
Primavera by Mary Beaufrand Publisher Comments The Italian Renaissance was a cultural explosion of art, architecture and learning, but it had a darker side. Two powerful families, the tyrannical Medici and their biggest rivals, the Pazzi, are tangled in a bloody struggle for ultimate power. Caught in... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
add to wish list |
|
City of Cannibals by Ricki Thompson PW Review "Sixteenth-century London, with its squalor, stench, and bustle, is the real star of Thompson's first book, set against the backdrop of Henry VIII's break with the Catholic Church. Sixteen-year-old Dell has been taught by her drunken, abusive father that... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $8.50 Used - Hardcover
add to wish list |
|
The Grace Mysteries: Assassin & Betrayal by Grace Cavendish Publisher Comments This omnibus edition contains the first two books from the Grace Mysteries series--"Assassin" and "Betrayal."... (read more) Your price: $6.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
add to wish list |
|
The Smile by Donna Jo Napoli Publisher Comments Hers is the most famous portrait in the world. Here, in prose as rich as the high Renaissance, is Mona Lisa?s tale?a story of passion, intrigue, loss, and, most of all, love. Elisabetta longs for romance, though she thinks she is too plain. Then, on a... (read more) List Price $17.99 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
add to wish list |
|
Leonardo and the Flying Boy by Laurence Anholt Publisher Comments Studying under the Italian inventor Leonardo da Vinci during the Renaissance, a young boy discovers his teacher is building a mysterious machine--one that he intends to fly. Full-color illustrations include reproductions of Da Vinci's artworks.... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $5.95 Used - Hardcover
add to wish list |
|
The Grace Mysteries: Assassin & Betrayal (Grace Mysteries) by Grace Cavendish Publisher Comments Assassin: One suitor dead with a knife in his back and another under suspicion. . . Can Lady Grace, Queen Elizabeth's favorite Maid of Honor, solve the mystery and bring order back to the Queen's court? Betrayal: Life as a stowaway on board an... (read more) Your price: $6.99 New - Trade Paper
add to wish list |
|
Tread Softly by Kate Pennington Publisher Comments Mary Devereux, seamstress to Walter Raleigh, and later to Elizabeth I, works in the shadows at court, embroidering a precious cloak for her master's visit to the Queen. Each stitch carries Mary's dreams and longings, while silently she observes gossip... (read more) Your price: $9.95 New - Trade Paper
add to wish list |
|
The Vanishing Point by Louise Hawes Publisher Comments In lush, glowing prose, Louise Hawes's historical novel draws readers into the life and art of sixteenth-century Bologna with a compelling account of Lavinia Fontana, arguably the most famous female painter of the Italian Renaissance. Here readers will... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $14.75 Google eBooks - Electronic
add to wish list |
Don't Miss
