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Bianca

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by Bertrice Small
Jill Tanner
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New York Times best-selling author Bertrice Small earned a Lifetime Achievement Award from RT Book Reviews for her captivating historical romances. Set in Florence during the Renaissance, Bianca begins a new series featuring a beautiful silk merchant's daughter who's sold into marriage following a family scandal. But even after her cruel husband is murdered, Bianca knows love won't come easy - because her true love is Prince Amir, grandson of Mehmet the Conqueror.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Silk Merchant's Daughters

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    February 1, 2013

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781470300173
      • File size: 382092 KB
      • Duration: 13:16:01

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Bertrice Small's first Silk Merchant's Daughter book harkens back to classic romances of the past, presenting the tale of Bianca, a stunning Florentine beauty who is given in marriage to a debauched older man. Escaping to a seaside resort, Bianca meets the Turkish Prince Amir, who stirs a passion she thought long dead even though society completely forbids the love they come to share. Narrator Jill Tanner's efficient presentation keeps the plot moving at a good pace, and her simple declaratory style makes for easy listening as she conveys the shame of Bianca's first marriage and her later exotic love. However, her lack of inflection or emotional color makes it difficult to sustain interest throughout the story and doesn't do much to blunt Small's stilted dialogue. B.E.K. (c) AudioFile 2013, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      August 27, 2012
      Renaissance Florence and Ottoman Turkey collide in the overwrought first Silk Merchantâs Daughters historical. Bianca Maria Rose Pietro dâAngelo, the 15-year old jewel of Florentine society, is bewildered when her father marries her to Sebastiano Rovere, a prominent lawyer two decades her senior, to save the familyâs reputation. Sebastiano rapes Bianca on her wedding night and displays other shocking depravities. She eventually escapes, staying hidden while demanding an annulment and becomes friends with Amir ibn Jem, an antiques merchant and the grandson of the Ottoman sultan. After Sebastianoâs death, Bianca and Amir want to marry, but the Pietro dâAngelos canât accept a Christian woman marrying a âheathenâ and separate them. The lovers run away to Constantinople, where Bianca adjusts (with superhuman speed) to harem life and Turkish politics. Exquisite historical detail brings every moment vividly to life. Small describes violence as intimately as passion, and readers may hurry past the scenes of brutality while lingering over Bianca and Amirâs tender love scenes. Agent: Ethan Ellenberg, the Ethan Ellenberg Agency.

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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Languages

  • English

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