My Favourite Fiction of 2011
Following on from the previous post, I thought I’d do a short round up of some of my 2011 fiction highlights.
First off, I should say that I am a rampant abandoner of books which I’m not enjoying. I know a lot of people will plough [...]
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Planned books:
- The Book of Madness and Cures by Regina O\’Melveny
- The Merchant of Prato: Francesco Di Marco Datini: Daily Life in a Medieval Italian City by Iris Origo
Current books:
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Italy in the Age of the Renaissance: 1300-1550 (Short Oxford History of Italy) by John M. Najemy
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Nuns and Nunneries in Renaissance Florence by Sharon T. Strocchia
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The Midwife of Venice by Roberta Rich
Recent books:
- The Crown by Nancy Bilyeau
- Book of Love by Sarah Bower
- Lost Girls: Sex and Death in Renaissance Florence by Nicholas Terpstra
- The Ground is Burning: Seduction, Betrayal, Murder by Samuel Black
- Mapping the Edge by Sarah Dunant
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