English language
Published Jan. 22, 1901 by Doubleday, Page & co..
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Eliot’s only historical novel, set in 15th century Florence under the rule of the Medicis, blends fact with fiction as the reader follows the almost saint-like Romola and the amoral and feckless Tito Melema whom she marries against the advice of her brother, an equally saintly priest. An impressive account of Renaissance life in a wealthy Italian state.
Subjects
- Savonarola, Girolamo, 1452-1498 -- Fiction
- Women -- Italy -- Florence -- Fiction
- Greeks -- Italy -- Florence -- Fiction
- Self-sacrifice -- Fiction
- Married women -- Fiction
- Florence (Italy) -- Fiction