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      The Secret Book of Grazia dei Rossi

      by Jacqueline Park
      Published
      Sep 1997
      Main Genre
      Historical Historical
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      576
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      The Secret Book of Grazia dei Rossi is a sweeping tale of intrigue and romance set in a time rife with court politics, papal chicaner religious intolerance, and inviolable social rules. Grazia, private secretary to the world-renowned Isabella d'Este, is the daughter of a eminent Jewish banker, the wife of the pope's Jewish physician, and the love 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 of 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 a unforgiving, inflexible society.

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      General Fiction

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      Historical

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      Jewish

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      Sep 1998 Simon & Schuster ISBN13 9780684848402 ISBN10 0684848406
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      Mar 2015 House of Anansi Press ISBN13 9781770898899 ISBN10 1770898891
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      First Edition Sep 1997 Simon & Schuster ISBN13 9780684816036 ISBN10 0684816032
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      Sep 2015 Simon & Schuster ISBN13 9781439128114 ISBN10 1439128111
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      May 2020 -- Not Selected ISBN10 B088KSRH22
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