Bianca's Cure by Gigi Berardi - 9798896360704

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Bianca's CureA Novel\nAuthor(s): Gigi Berardi\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Simon And Schuster Group USA\nImprint: She Writes Press\nISBN-13: 9798896360704, 979-8896360704\nSynopsis\nFlorence, 1563. Forbidden from practicing her herbal cures in Venice, the young noblewoman Bianca Capello flees to Florence, where the ruling Medici family practices alchemy. There, she wins herself an invitation to their palace, and, as it turns out, a path to the duke regent Francesco's bed. The impassioned bond between Francesco de Medici and Bianca is at the core of this fact-driven dive into medicine, politics, love, and ultimately death in Renaissance Florence. Malaria killed many of the Medicis, but traces of the poison arsenic were recently found in Francesco's remains. Even more sinister: Bianca's remains have never been found. To this day, what happened to Bianca and Francesco remains one of the greatest mysteries surrounding Renaissance Italy's legendary Medicis. Bianca's Cure probes what mig.