Most Read This Week In Renaissance

[close] Enter at your own peril... this is the most dangerous group in all of Europe! Haha no, not really. We aren't even European... well, not all of us! If you have stumbled across this page, either you are or have a friend who thinks you are a history geek or a writing freak (in a compassionate way :D) who would appreciate what we do here, so we present... Giulianzo's Plato's Academy of Florence and the Confraternity of the Magi ; the new, improved, and awesome group that totally appreciates all things relating to the Mr. Medicis (especially Lorenzo and Giuliano [hence Giulian-zo's Academy]), writing, history (generally from before 0 to 1850), etc. The only things that are better than the original one is that 1) We are free to be heretic as we like; 2) The internet rocks, and 3) We have air conditioning! If you haven't already, before joining this group, you might want to become at least a little familiar with the books in the bookshelf. Add your own too :) Please participate and have fun :)

[close] Come to the Dark Side. Do you like Kylo Ren? Do you like Rey? Do you even Reylo? Do you like memes? Do you sometimes have nihilistic thoughts about the world? Do you feel rejected sometimes? If yes to all of the above, then this is the perfect place for you. Are you afraid of losing yourself in a world that is constantly changing on the whims of others? Sometimes reading is the only way to thrive. Join a new order of readers who just want to escape reality and live in other depressing universes of destruction and despair.

[close] Ask me about living in Italy. Are you interested to know what inspired me to write historical fiction crime set in Renaissance Florence. How did I do my research? How did I develop characters. Where fine is the line between fact and fiction.

[close] A group focused on journeying through history with the help of Will and Ariel Durant's holistic view of Western Civilisation. (See https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/18592352-illuminating-history). Currently we are approaching the realm of Greece beginning with the early Aegean civilisation and moving towards Classical Greece and Hellenism. You may also want to check out https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/58875-peregrinations-reading-through-the-ages Ancient Greece: Large version: http://ancient-greece.org/images/maps/map-divisions/9-greece.jpg