Jeanne Kalogridis, Author . St. Martin's $14.95 (509p) ISBN 978-0-312-34138-1
Against the backdrop of 15th-century Italian internecine feuds, debauchery and Vatican corruption, Kalogridis's latest historical novel (after The Burning Times
) chronicles with compelling sweep the story of the ravishing and iron-willed Sancha
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Jeanne Kalogridis, Author . St. Martin's $14.95 (515p) ISBN 978-0-312-34139-8
Set against a backdrop of political and religious conflicts in 15th-century Medici-ruled Florence, Kalogridis's bloody historical (after The Borgia Bride
) identifies the subject of Leonardo da Vinci's painting as Lisa di Antonio Gherardini.
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Jeanne Kalogridis, Author . St. Martin's $24.95 (470p) ISBN 978-0-312-36843-2
In this soap opera rendition of 16th-century power and politics, the ruthless and manipulative wife of France's King Henry II, reviled for her role in the civil and religious wars that roiled France, is conned into a deal with the devil. After...
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Jeanne Kalogridis, St. Martin's, $25.99 (512p) ISBN 978-0-312-36953-8
This vividly rendered historical takes readers to tempestuous Renaissance Italy, where city-states and noble families battle for supremacy over Italy and, through the papacy, the world. Caterina Sforza comes into power by marrying the illegitimate...
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Jeanne Kalogridis, Author Delacorte Press $22.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-385-31414-5
This final volume in the trilogy of The Diaries of the Family Dracul merges the histories of Vlad the Impaler and Count Dracula in a prequel to, and retelling of, the Stoker classic, seeking to fill some of the gaps left by the original. This novel...
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Jeanne Kalogridis, Author Simon & Schuster $25 (400p) ISBN 978-0-684-86923-0
Dracul, turns from fangs and bloodsucking to gnosticism and witchcraft in this paranormal romance-cum-medieval fantasy. In 14th-century France, Franciscan abbess Marie Fran oise is arrested by the Inquisition on charges of heresy and communion with...
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Jeanne Kalogridis, Author Delacorte Press $19.95 (324p) ISBN 978-0-385-31313-1
Set in Transylvania, Kalogridis's smooth first novel launches a projected vampire trilogy that begins some 50 years before the action of Bram Stoker's Dracula. Like that classic work, this story is told through the diary entries of its major players.
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Jeanne Kalogridis, Author Delacorte Press $22.95 (301p) ISBN 978-0-385-31412-1
Both a prequel to Bram Stoker's Dracula and a sequel to Kalogridis's own Covenant with the Vampire (1994), this second novel in a projected trilogy suffers by comparison to both. Arkady Tsepesh, the protagonist of Covenant, flees the castle of his...
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J. M. Dillard, Author, Jeanne Kalogridis, Author Dell Publishing Company $4.5 (0p) ISBN 978-0-440-20758-0
Dillard ( The Lost Years ) made a name for herself writing mediocre Star Trek novels, and she has now produced a mediocre horror novel. Specters has reasonably interesting characters (Dillard's strong suit), but the plot is so predictable that...
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