Lucianna agreed to her first arranged marriage to a much older bookseller, and after his death finds herself a wealthy widow. She is savoring her new found freedom when she meets Englishman Robert Minton, Earl of Lisle. The spark of attraction Lucianna and Robert have for each other is undeniable and will send Lucianna to London. There, she will pursue her new love all the way to the court of the newly crowned Tudor king.
LUCIANNA, the third book in Bertrice Small's The Silk Merchant's Daughters series, is a suspenseful historical romance filled with wit and charm. Lucianna is an independent woman in a man's world and she accepts this, while molding a life for herself. Robert, the well to do hero, is a great match for Lucianna and the dialogue between the two is clever and well versed.
The intrigue of Henry VII's court makes for wonderful plot twists and shocking secrets. Margaret Beaufort is a captivating character who adds strength to the storyline. The climax is exciting and surprising and the ending wraps LUCIANNA up nicely.
Small has done a wonderful job combining sensuality and historical details in LUCIANNA creating a lively story of an independent and knowledgeable business woman in an unstable England.
In this sweeping new series of Renaissance Italy, Bertrice
Small does it again with all the passion and historical
splendor that has captured the imagination of her legion of
fans?.
After her two elder sisters become the scandals of
Florence, Lucianna Pietro d'Angelo is in the difficult
position of finding a wealthy man who will have her for his
wife. She has little choice but to accept the proposal of an
aging bookseller a not entirely disagreeable union in which
Lucianna comforts the dear man in his final years. When he
passes away, she inherits his shop and, with it, a sizable
fortune.
Lucianna is content with comfortable widowhood until
Robert Minton, Earl of Lisle, visits her bookshop. The
Englishman is not only dashing and handsome he's a trusted
courtier of Henry VII.
The Pietro d'Angelos cannot deny the spark of attraction
between their daughter and the earl, so they scheme to send
her to London. There, Lucianna steps out of the shadow of
her quiet Florentine life, pursuing a love of which she
never dreamed and rising in London society all the way to
court of the new Tudor king.
No excerpt available.
© 2003-2026