An intelligent look at how it all could have happened.

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	• The Master of Verona David Blixt St. Martin's Press, 2007 - 570 pages average customer review:based on 33 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

A fun and thrilling read!

From the very first chapter I was hooked! The characters, the storyline and the vivid fight scenes created a captivating world I coulnd't put down.

An intelligent look at how it all could have happened.

When I first began this book, I thought I may have trouble keeping the characters and locations straight. However, within the first few pages, I was completely engrossed in the story and the lives of those portrayed. Blixt cleverly includes maps and a "cheat sheet" which describes the characters' relationships to one another, as well as which ones appear in history and in Shakespeare. The book is well-researched and the attention to detail makes it all the more interesting. I can't wait to read more!

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The Elegance In This Voice...

An eloquent, well-researched foray into a madness of medieval times. Dante has always been one of my favorites (when I use the correct side of my brain to read him), and his eldest is a sharply-drawn character here. Shades of Caesar and Shakespeare and even a little Chandler, I promise you. The classic family rivalry, the articulate nature of the storytelling, the sweeping background in Italy all provide a wonderful ride. This may sound a bit off-kilter to some, but I heartily believe the Bard would be proud. One of the most enjoyable reads I've had since the world was young.

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Sheer Magic!

Rich, real characters to FANTASTICALLY-imagined landscapes to a true and heart-wrenching love story epic in its scope, and powerfully sound in its execution---- This book has got it ALL!!!

The Feud "remembered"

It is said that the Hatfields and the McCoys had been fighting so long they forgot what the Sam Hill they were fighting about. The Montagues and Capulets finally get a memory jog (well, if only they could have read it) from David Blixt, who gives their story an injection of Italian history and a dose of Dante. It's a riveting imagining of what the cause of the warring families' conflict could have been.

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In 1314, seventeen year old Pietro Alighieri travels to Verona with his father, the infamous poet Dante, at the invitation of its leader, the legendary Francesco ?Cangrande? della Scala. A sneak attack from Padua leads Pietro into his first battle, fighting alongside the charismatic Cangrande, and into a tight friendship with Mariotto Montecchio and Antonio Capulletto. Behind the scenes, repeated attempts are made against the life of a child believed to be Cangrande?s illegitimate son and possible heir.

Pietro is drawn into the web of intrigue around the child and the tension building between Mariotto and Antonio over a woman betrothed to one and in love with the other ? a situation that will sever a friendship, divide a city, and ultimately lead to the events of the best known tragic romance in the world.

Inspired by the plays of Shakespeare, the poetry of Dante, and the events of history, The Master of Verona is a compelling novel of politics, loyalty, conspiracy and star-crossed romance.

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