The book of secrets / Anna Mazzola.
By: Mazzola, Anna [author].
Publisher: Leicester : Ulverscroft, Charnwood, 2024Edition: Large print edition.Description: 402 pages (large print) ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781444852745.Subject(s): Plague -- Fiction | Secrecy -- Fiction | Women -- Social conditions -- 17th century -- Fiction | Rome (Italy) -- History -- 1420-1798 -- Fiction | Rome (Italy) -- Social conditions -- 17th century -- FictionGenre/Form: Large type books.Online resources: Click here to access online Summary: Rome, 1659. Months after the plague has ravaged the city, men are still dying in unnatural numbers, and rumour has it that their corpses do not decay as they should. The Papal authorities commission prosecutor Stefano Bracchi to investigate, telling him he will need considerable mettle to reach the truth. To the west of the Tiber, Girolama and her female friends are at work, helping other women with childbirths and foretelling their futures. Elsewhere in the city, a young wife, Anna, must find a way to escape her abusive husband. But in a city made by men for men, there are no easy paths out. Stefano's investigation at the Tor di Nona prison will introduce him to horror, magic and an astonishing cast of characters. He will be left wondering if certain deeds should remain forever unpunished...| Item type | Home library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations | |
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Rome, 1659. Months after the plague has ravaged the city, men are still dying in unnatural numbers, and rumour has it that their corpses do not decay as they should. The Papal authorities commission prosecutor Stefano Bracchi to investigate, telling him he will need considerable mettle to reach the truth. To the west of the Tiber, Girolama and her female friends are at work, helping other women with childbirths and foretelling their futures. Elsewhere in the city, a young wife, Anna, must find a way to escape her abusive husband. But in a city made by men for men, there are no easy paths out. Stefano's investigation at the Tor di Nona prison will introduce him to horror, magic and an astonishing cast of characters. He will be left wondering if certain deeds should remain forever unpunished...
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