"Bower brilliantly merges history with politics and convincing characters to draw readers into a lush and colorful tapestry of Renaissance life.This powerful piece of fiction ranks with some of the finest of the genre. "The sheer grandeur of the papal and Ferrara courts and the spectacle of the Borgia and Ferrara siblings' rivalries and revenges form a glittering take on one of the most notorious families of the Italian Renaissance."― Publisher's Weekly Praise for Sarah Bower's Sins of the House of Borgia An unlikely love story born of passion and intensity, crafted by critically acclaimed historical novelist Sarah Bower,The Needle in the Blood is a 'story of love, war, and the tangled truth of England's birth.'Praise for Sarah Bower's Sins of the House of Borgia'Sizzling.'USA Today'The sheer grandeur of the papal and Ferrara courts and the. An unlikely love story born of passion and intensity, crafted by critically acclaimed historical novelist Sarah Bower, The Needle in the Blood is a "story of love, war, and the tangled truth of England's birth." As the two become hopelessly entangled, friends become enemies, enemies become lovers, and nothing in life―or the tapestry―is what it seems. It would be simple.īut neither planned to fall desperately in love. He and his brother, William the Conqueror, murdered her King and destroyed her world. She plans to kill him as soon as she gets the chance. But her skill with a needle and thread is legendary. It is an enormous work, a cloth trophy of the conquest of England. The Bishop hired her for a simple job: embroider a tapestry. But it might cost him the love of his life.
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