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The Serpent and the Pearl
The Serpent and the Pearl | Kate Quinn
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One powerful family holds a city, a faith, and a woman in its graspfrom the national bestselling author of Daughters of Rome and Mistress of Rome. Rome, 1492. The Holy City is drenched with blood and teeming with secrets. A pope lies dying and the throne of God is left vacant, a prize awarded only to the most virtuousor the most ruthless. The Borgia family begins its legendary rise, chronicled by an innocent girl who finds herself drawn into their dangerous web Vivacious Giulia Farnese has floor-length golden hair and the world at her feet: beauty, wealth, and a handsome young husband. But she is stunned to discover that her glittering marriage is a sham, and she is to be given as a concubine to the ruthless, charismatic Cardinal Borgia: Spaniard, sensualist, candidate for Popeand passionately in love with her. Two trusted companions will follow her into the Pope's shadowy harem: Leonello, a cynical bodyguard bent on bloody revenge against a mysterious killer, and Carmelina, a fiery cook with a past full of secrets. But as corruption thickens in the Vatican and the enemies begin to circle, Giulia and her friends will need all their wits to survive in the world of the Borgias.
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Yay! I get such a thrill...

MrBook 😊👍🏻 7y
Suzze Yes! Always exciting. 7y
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Carmelina will leave your mouth watering all the way through this volume and evidently the recipes are fairly true to the menu‘s of the day. I thoroughly enjoyed this story, which I listened to on audio with its three distinct narrators. I can‘t wait to get to book 2.

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Reading #73. Still more to come its only the 14th of December !!!!

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Suzze Your shortest book was the same as mine. 😜 7y
RinaBrahmbhattBarot I loved kite runner 7y
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LisaJo I enjoy that you and only one other read a book. (edited) 7y
Shortstack @LisaJo I was coming here to post the same thing. 7y
AceOnRoam @LisaJo, @Shortstack, I stalked "The other reader" and they didn't read it, only added to their TBR. I had this special little book added to GR earlier this year when I was doing my Day Skipper course ⛵ 7y
AceOnRoam @MyBookSwap, I read one of his every couple of years so that I don't run out. Hope to see another new one from him soon, it's been too long! 7y
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