![]() ![]() As the Tigress educates her further in the arts of alchemy. ![]() Beautiful, ruthless and intelligent, the Countess is fascinated by Mura's arcane knowledge. Daughter to a Nordic mother and Spanish father, she has been tutored in both Arabic learning and the. When the family are forced to flee, Mura finds herself gifted to the notorious Tigress of Forli, Countess Caterina Sforza. 5-year-old Mura is a strange and bewitching child. She is bought as a house slave for the powerful Medici, arriving in Florence as the city prepares for war against the French. ![]() In the port of Savona, Mura's androgynous looks and unusual abilities fetch a high price. But her widower father has been arrested by the Inquisition, and Mura is sold to a Genoese slaver. Wolves in Winter, By Lisa Hilton Emma Hagestadt Thursday 25 October 2012 17:28 Comments Drawn to the personal histories of complicated women, Hilton's has written a biography of Louis XIV's. ![]() Daughter to a Nordic mother and Spanish father, she has been tutored in both Arabic learning and the ancient myth cycles of the north. 5-year-old Mura is a strange and bewitching child. Read 26 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. 5-year-old Mura is a strange and bewitching child. Wolves in Winter by Lisa Hilton Wolves in Winter book. “'Think Wolf Hall crossed with Downton Abbey set in the Italian Renaissance' - Red Magazine Enslaved by the Medici, embroiled in the power games of Renaissance Italy, an orphan must beguile her way to freedom ITALY, 1492. ![]()
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