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Donna Russo Morin
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It has always been my belief, that writers of fictional works shouldn’t have an aggrandized agenda behind their writing; it has been my experience that those that did become ‘preachy,’ a place I never wanted to go. And yet I will admit, here and now, that part of my emphasis on Italian historical fiction is not only to throw a light on my own ancestral homeland, but in doing so, also hammer a c...
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The King's Agent
   3.62 avg rating — 370 ratings
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2012
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To Serve A King
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2011
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The Courtier's Secret
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2009
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The Secret of the Glass
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There are books which have a special richness due to the fact that the author has traveled to the places in the story so that they later come alive in dramatic detail. The King's Agent is one such novel; historical novelist Donna Russo Morin takes...
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Florence, Michelangelo, art, THAT COVER! What is not to like about this book at first blush? Nothing! And after reading it my initial opinion stands and then some. I don't know about you but I am first attracted to a book's cover and then drawn in...
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“In their unity against disaster, they formed a more perfect coupling, for that was indeed where true love lived - not in the moments of great passion and bursting joy, but in the strength with which in weathered any storm, no matter how harsh or violent.”
― Donna Russo Morin, To Serve A King
― Donna Russo Morin, To Serve A King
“Her own fearless audacity had surprised her, though she knew she had been born for more than her life had asked of her thus far.”
― Donna Russo Morin, The King's Agent
― Donna Russo Morin, The King's Agent
“Please stop. Do not take me into your confidence, do not take me into your heart, for my own
cannot bear it.”
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cannot bear it.”
― Donna Russo Morin, To Serve A King
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