The secret book of Grazia dei Rossi

By Jacqueline Park

Subjects: History, Amerikanisches Englisch, Italy, fiction, Fiction, Women household employees, Mothers and sons, Jewish women, Fiction, historical, Historischer Roman, Women, Renaissance, Mothers and sons, fiction

Description: Grazia dei Rossi, private secretary to the world-renowned Isabella d'Este, is the daughter of an eminent Jewish banker, the wife of the pope's Jewish physician, and the lover of a Christian prince. In a "secret book," written as a legacy for her son, she records her struggles to choose between the seductions of the Christian world and a return to the family, traditions, and duties to her Jewish roots. As she re-creates Renaissance Italy in captivating detail, Jacqueline Park gives us a timeless portrait of a brave and brilliant woman trapped in an unforgiving, inflexible society.