In the Company of the Courtesan
Our book group choice for April 2006 is In the Company of the Courtesan by Sarah Dunant. Escaping the sack of Rome in 1527, with their stomachs churning on the jewels they have swallowed, the courtesan Fiammetta and her dwarf companion, Bucino, head for Venice, the shimmering city born out of water to become a miracle of east-west trade: rich […]
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