Sarah Bower has been commended by Philippa Gregory in The Week for sheerenjoyment . . . a real pageturner. Set against the glittering background ofthe court of ... » 

Sarah Bower has been commended by Philippa Gregory in The Week for sheerenjoyment . . . a real pageturner. Set against the glittering background ofthe court of Ferrara in the early sixteenth century this is the heartbreakingstory of what happens to an innocent abroad in the world of the Borgias.Flattered by Lucrezias favor seduced by the friendship of her cousin andswept off her feet by Lucrezias glamorous and dangerous brother CesareEsther is drawn into a web of intrigue that will test her heart to its utmostand burden her with secrets she must carry to her grave. «