by Robert Hellenga · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789050001304
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«De zestien lusten» is the historical novel by Robert Hellenga, published by Vassallucci in paperback (320 pages, in Dutch).
In Florence, after the Arno flood of 1966, Margot Harrington discovers in a convent a unique book with sixteen erotic drawings by Giulio Romano and sonnets by Pietro Aretino. The abbess entrusts her with selling it in secret to save the order's finances, while Margot has a romance with an Italian trying to save frescoes.
Originally published as «The Sixteen Pleasures» in 1994; this Dutch edition is from 1999. The work received the Society of Midland Authors Award in 1995.
For readers of historical fiction with intrigue and romance, and for those who enjoy stories about books, Renaissance art, and restoration.
