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(BLACKMORE) Rachel Blackmore ~ Costanza: First Edition, Signed

Author ~ Rachel Blackmore

Title ~ Costanza

Edition ~ First Edition 

Signed By ~ Author

ISBN ~ 9780349131092

Publisher ~ Renegade Books

Published ~ 2024-08-01

Language ~ English

Pages ~ 418

Format ~ Hardcover 

Condition ~ Used, Very Good

First Edition, first printing with complete number line. Signed by the author. Excellent condition with light shelf wear. There is a Small tear to top of dust jacket and Slight colour loss of the dust jacket on the corners, please see pictures. Not price clipped and no inscriptions 

Categories ~ #Historical, #HistoricalFiction, #Mythology, #Art, #Italy, #Rome, #Feminism #Fiction #FirstEdition, #Signed, #RachelBlackmore, #ISBN9780349131092

'From the first page I was hooked. Love, lust, fury and betrayal leap from the page. This is a must-read for anyone who wants to read a true feminist retelling' LOUISE HARE 'I loved it... Rich and evocative in its portrayal of 17th Century Rome. A fabulous, evocative novel' ELIZABETH CHADWICK Rome, 1636. History calls her a Muse. Temptress. Fallen woman. This is her story. In the scorched city of Rome, the cobbled streets hum with gossip and sin. Costanza Piccolomini is a respectable young wife - until she meets Gianlorenzo Bernini, the famed sculptor and star of Roman society, whose jet-black gaze matches his dark temper. From the second they set eyes upon each other, a fatal attraction is born. Their secret love burns with a passion that consumes them. But with every stolen kiss and illicit tryst, Costanza's reputation is at stake. Meanwhile, Bernini has a dangerous desire: he wants to make Costanza immortal. He vows to possess her not just in body and soul, but also in marble. When Bernini unveils his sculpture of Costanza, she is exposed as his lover, marking the undoing of their affair - and the beginning of a scandal which will rock Roman society. For Bernini would rather destroy Costanza than let her go. Betrayed. Abandoned. Banished. This was meant to be the end of Costanza's story. But Costanza is no ordinary woman: from the ashes, she will rise... Based on a true story, Costanza is a dizzying and sensual historical novel that brings to life a feminist icon.

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