The Diary of Gilda D'Este Colonna


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A girl of fourteen begins writing a diary and the early entries show her to be innocent and naive, but her entries expressing her desires for the future are strangely prophetic.




Extended Family


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The Royal House of Este, known as The Estensi, is unique in several ways. The author spells out what makes his family so different from other aristocratic families in Italian history.




Duchinos and Duchessinas


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The Reluctant Duke


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The old Duke bypasses his two sons and chooses one of his nephews to succeed him to the Ducal Title of the House of Este. The nephew is not certain he wants the honor.




The Real Lucrezia Borgia


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Born of an Italian Gentlewoman, she was of middle height, petite in form, graceful in movement and a bust of admirable proportion. She was always gay and smiling, permissive and pleasure loving, quite unlike the sinister legend that a hostile posterity has attached to her.




I'll Think about It


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The author challenges much of the commonly accepted wisdom of the times and points out that much of it is rooted in common stupidity.




I'll Tell You When the Night Comes


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The author has assembled a collection of his poetry, nonsense poems, a treatise on the new renaissance man, essays, higgledy-piggledy, limericks, letters, silly recipes and short stories.




Commoner Marriage


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A French-American girl meets and consents to marry an Italian-American boy, all under the auspices of her employer, Georgio d'Este, a Prince of the House of Este.




Murder at the Altar


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Two brothers are targeted to be murdered during High Mass. One is killed but the other escapes and exacts a terrible revenge on the assassins




An American Duke in Italy


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Life and loves of an aristocratic family in a northern Italian castle.