by Gigi Berardi
Community rating: 4.3/5 from 2 ratings.
**For fans of **_**Lessons in Chemistry**_**, a based-in-fact novel imagining **young Renaissance noblewoman Bianca Capello’s experiences as she pursues a cure for malaria in the Medicis’ Florence.** Florence, 1563. Forbidden from practicing her herbal cures in Venice, the young noblewoman Bianca Capello flees to Florence, where the ruling Medici family practices alchemy. There, she wins herself an invitation to their palace, and, as it turns out, a path to the duke regent Francesco’s bed. The
Genres: Historical Fiction
296 pages
Published: 2026-02-10
Publisher: She Writes Press