Death of the Duchess

by Elizabeth Eyre

Italian Renaissance Whodunit (1)

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Sigismondo, a Renaissance sleuth, searches for a ruthless murderer and tries to stop a long simmering feud.

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En la turbulenta Italia de los Médicis y los Borgia, el duque de Rocca ve amenazada la paz de su feudo. Dos poderosas familias, enfrentadas por un odio ancestral, se hallan a punto de entablar una guerra a muerte.
El duque adopta una solución salomónica: ordena el enlace matrimonial entre dos jóvenes miembros de las familias en pugna. Pero, poco antes de llevarse a efecto la unión, desaparece la novia y muere asesinada la esposa del duque.
El enigmático Segismundo se ocupará de esclarecer los hechos.

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Canonical title
Death of the Duchess
Original publication date
1991
People/Characters
Leandro Bandini; Ugo Bandini; Benno; Biondello (dog); Elena di Rocca; Ludovico di Rocca (show all 15); Cosima di Torre; Lord Jacopo di Torre; Agnolo di Villani; Cecilia di Villani; Ippolyto; Lord Paolo; Poggio; Sigismondo; Violante
Important places
Italy
Important events
Renaissance
Dedication
To Niccolo Machiavelli in fond memory
First words
From this very bed she was snatched!
Last words
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Eat while you may. We leave tomorrow.

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Fiction and Literature, Mystery, Historical Fiction
DDC/MDS
823.914Literature & rhetoricEnglish & Old English literaturesEnglish fiction1900-1901-19991945-1999
LCC
PR6009 .Y74 .D4Language and LiteratureEnglishEnglish Literature1900-1960

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