Miracles of Prato - A Novel

Like Fra Filippos paintings, this love story, set in one of the most intriguing historical periods, is suffused with clear, warm color and fine attention to detail.Debra Dean, author of The Madonnas of LeningradA vibrant and enthralling historical novel about art and passion, The Miracles of Prato by Laurie Albanese and Laura Morowitz brings Italy in the era of the Medici to glorious lifeas it tells the story of an illicit love affair between the renowned painter Fra Filippo Lippi and his muse, a beautiful convent novitiate. A magnificent blend of fact, historical color, emotion, and invention, The Miracles of Prato is a novel that will delight the many fans of Tracy Chavaliers Girl with a Pearl Earring and Susan Vreelands Girl in Hyacinth Blue.