Duchess of Milan
Michael Ennis. Onyx Books, $5.99 (576pp) ISBN 978-0-451-40428-2
. A complex, ambitious novel of Renaissance Italy. (Oct.)
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Reviewed on: 10/04/1993
Genre: Fiction
Hardcover - 592 pages - 978-0-670-83783-0
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