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Historical novel weaves rich tapestry.
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Columbus Dispatch (Columbus, OH)
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March 5, 2006
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Byline: Kassie Rose
Mar. 5--Sarah Dunant's enticing novel blends fact and fiction in a tale of a Renaissance courtesan surrounded by flamboyant characters.
The protagonist, Fiammetta Bianchini, lost everything in the 1527 siege of Rome by the Spanish. She and her dwarf companion -- Bucino Teodoldo, who serves as the novel's irresistible narrator -- escape to Venice with a locked book of Petrarch's sonnets and their stomachs full of swallowed jewels.
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