Pompeii was a lively resort flourishing in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius at the height of the Roman Empire. Ribbons of Scarlet is a timely story of the power of women to start a revolution-and change the world.Ī Day of Fire: A Novel of Pompeii told in six parts and featuring “The Heiress” by Sophie Perinot Six bestselling and award-winning authors bring to life a breathtaking epic novel illuminating the hopes, desires, and destinies of princesses and peasants, harlots and wives, fanatics and philosophers-six unforgettable women whose paths cross during one of the most tumultuous and transformative events in history: the French Revolution.
Can Marguerite find enough of her sister’s boldness to grasp her chance for happiness in the guise of forbidden love? But he is also a religious zealot who denies himself all pleasure-including the love and companionship his wife so desperately craves. Her husband, Louis IX, is considered the greatest monarch of his age. Patient, perfect, reticent, and used to being first, Marguerite becomes Queen of France. Raised together at the 13th Century court of their father, Raymond Berenger, Count of Provence, Marguerite and Eleanor are separated by royal marriages-but never truly parted.
Medieval Historical Novel by Sophie Perinot
Médicis Daughter is historical fiction at its finest, weaving a unique coming-of-age story and a forbidden love with one of the most dramatic and violent events in French history. Among the crafty nobility of the royal court, Margot learns the intriguing and unspoken rules she must live by to please her poisonous family. Known across Europe as Madame la Serpente, Margot’s intimidating mother, Queen Catherine de Médicis, is a powerful force in a country devastated by religious war.
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