The Hearts of All on Fire

by Alana White

Members	Reviews	Popularity	Average rating	Conversations
2	1	5,270,410	(4.5)	None
Florence, 1473. An impossible murder. A bitter rivalry. A serpent in the ranks. Florentine investigator Guid'Antonio Vespucci returns to Florence from a government mission to find his dreams of success shattered. Life is good-but then a wealthy merchant dies from mushroom poisoning at Guid'Antonio's Saint John's Day table, and Guid'Antonio's servant is charged with murder. Convinced of the youth's innocence and fearful the killer may strike again, Guid'Antonio launches a private investigation into the merchant's death, unaware that at the same time powerful enemies are conspiring to overthrow the Florentine Republic-and him. A clever, richly evocative tale for lovers of medieval and Renaissance mysteries everywhere, The Hearts of All on Fire is a timeless story of family relationships coupled with themes of love, loss, betrayal and, above all, hope in a challenging world.… (more)

all members

▾Members

Recently added by

BooksbyStarlight, BooksCooksLooks

▾Tags

to-read (1)

▾Lists

None

▾Will you like it?

▾Conversations (About links)

No current Talk conversations about this book.

▾Member reviews

We have an exciting new hero solving crimes in my favorite time period – the Renaissance. Guid’Antonio Vespucci is a wealthy merchant but finds himself – or more truthfully, his servant – in trouble when a guest at a dinner dies from eating bad mushrooms. But what forces are conspiring to kill and why?

Since Guid’Antonio is convinced his servant is innocent he embarks on a journey to determine who IS guilty and exactly why his guest was targeted at his table. What follows is eminently readable and entertaining novel that takes the reader through the streets of Renaissance Florence.

It was a book that kept my attention and interest as I am a great lover of all things Renaissance Italy – especially her art and artists so having a book in that time period has automatic appeal for me. It did not disappoint in descriptive power and I loved traveling back in time. (

)

BooksCooksLooks | Oct 3, 2022 |

▾Published reviews

no reviews | add a review

▾Other authors

» Add other authors

▾Series and work relationships

▾Awards and Honors

Awards

Chaucer Book Award (Finalist – 2021)

The Coffee Pot Book Club Book of the Year (Honourable Mention – Renaissance – 2023)

The Historical Fiction Company Book Awards (Longlist – 2023)

view history

▾Common Knowledge

You must log in to edit Common Knowledge data.

For more help see the Common Knowledge help page.

Canonical title

Original title

Alternative titles

Original publication date

People/Characters

Important places

Important events

Related movies

Epigraph

Dedication

First words

Quotations

Last words

Disambiguation notice

Publisher's editors

Blurbers

Original language

Canonical DDC/MDS

Canonical LCC

▾References

References to this work on external resources.

Wikipedia in English

None

▾Book descriptions

Florence, 1473. An impossible murder. A bitter rivalry. A serpent in the ranks. Florentine investigator Guid'Antonio Vespucci returns to Florence from a government mission to find his dreams of success shattered. Life is good-but then a wealthy merchant dies from mushroom poisoning at Guid'Antonio's Saint John's Day table, and Guid'Antonio's servant is charged with murder. Convinced of the youth's innocence and fearful the killer may strike again, Guid'Antonio launches a private investigation into the merchant's death, unaware that at the same time powerful enemies are conspiring to overthrow the Florentine Republic-and him. A clever, richly evocative tale for lovers of medieval and Renaissance mysteries everywhere, The Hearts of All on Fire is a timeless story of family relationships coupled with themes of love, loss, betrayal and, above all, hope in a challenging world.

▾Library descriptions

No library descriptions found.

▾LibraryThing members' description

Book description

Haiku summary