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There is a specific kind of magic that happens when an author you adore tackles a period of history that lives permanently in your heart. For me, that intersection is Renaissance Italy and the incomparable Maggie O’Farrell. If you’ve followed my bookish adventures, you know I’ve long harbored a deep obsession with the Medici family.…
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