Blood of the Seven Suns - Watts, H. G.
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This biographical historical novel focuses on Jacoba dei Settesoli - the woman who came to be known as Jacoba of the Seven Suns. A wealthy, beautiful Italian aristocrat, Jacoba lived in the tumultuous Middle Ages. In her early teens she moves from her family's palace to Rome's Septizonium when she marries into city's most powerful family - the Frangipani. Her husband, Gratien, who is nearly twice her age dies prematurely leaving the young widow in charge of his palaces and knights as well as raising their children. Jacoba also maintains a lifelong relationship with St. Francis - the reformed…mehr

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Produktbeschreibung
This biographical historical novel focuses on Jacoba dei Settesoli - the woman who came to be known as Jacoba of the Seven Suns. A wealthy, beautiful Italian aristocrat, Jacoba lived in the tumultuous Middle Ages. In her early teens she moves from her family's palace to Rome's Septizonium when she marries into city's most powerful family - the Frangipani. Her husband, Gratien, who is nearly twice her age dies prematurely leaving the young widow in charge of his palaces and knights as well as raising their children. Jacoba also maintains a lifelong relationship with St. Francis - the reformed playboy who avoided women and considered them "honeyed poison." Why then was Jacoba the only woman he called to his deathbed? More puzzling, why do her remains share his crypt in Assisi? This is the love story that was never told. It is also a chronicle of conflict - internal battles as well as physical clashes. Steeped in medieval history, this novel explores how an extraordinarily close relationship may have developed between the powerful aristocrat and the future saint. This book transports you to a Rome and Assisi unlike the places we know today. It also provides in-depth insight into the often violent and always fascinating medieval period in Europe.
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Autorenporträt
H. G. Watts is a Baby Boomer ¿ born and bred in the Midwest ¿ with a brief stint in New York City. As a young teen, the author began writing professionally for a daily newspaper and received various writing/editing awards including national recognition for editing the paper's youth section. After earning a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Watts worked professionally in television, radio, and also in corporate communications where the author edited a regional magazine. Faith and family are most important to Watts. Life's pleasures include time spent at home...or somewhere in Italy; reading; and occasionally drawing or painting. The author also has a like-dislike relationship with golf. Watts's words to live by: "Thy Will be done."