Jeanne Kalogridis: 13 books

From Jeanne Kalogridis, the bestselling author of I, Mona Lisa and The Borgia Bride, comes a new novel that tells the passionate story of a queen who loved not wisely . . . but all too well. Confidante of Nostradamus, scheming mother-in-law to Mary, Queen of Scots, and architect of the bloody...

In this terrifying, brilliantly imagine novel, Jeanne Kalogridis returns the same dark, sensual territory she visited in Covenant with the Vampire. Once again she explores the breathtaking battle waged in the hart of the Family Dracul—as the innocent take up arms against the monster. In the...

What Philippa Gregory has done for Tudor England, Jeanne Kalogridis does for Renaissance Italy. Her latest irresistible historical novel is about a countess whose passion and willfulness knew no bounds—Caterina Sforza Daughter of the Duke of Milan and wife of the conniving Count Girolamo...

From Jeanne Kalogridis, the bestselling author of The Borgia Bride and The Scarlet Contessa, comes a tale of love, loss and treachery set during the perilous days of the Spanish Inquisition 1481 Seville: The Inquisition makes its first appearance in Spain. Its target: conversos, Christians...

Siviglia, 1481. Tutto è pronto per il matrimonio della giovane Marisol García con Gabriel Hojeda. Tutto tranne la sposa, il cui cuore batte ancora per Antonio, il suo primo e unico amore fin da quando erano bambini, il ragazzo dai capelli rossi lontano ormai da troppi anni, che Marisol crede di...

After the death of his half brother, Stefan, at the hands of Vlad Tsepesh--also known as Dracula--and after the destruction of his vampire father, Arkady, also at the hands of Vlad, Abraham van Helsing has traveled the world slaying many vampires. With every vampire he destroys, Bram becomes stronger...

A sensual, terrifying, incredibly accomplished first novel, this fascinating prequel to the classic and most popular horror novel of all time, Dracula, focuses on Dracula's great-nephew, who inherits the job of managing his great-uncle's estate...and his appetite. Written in diary form as Dracula...

Vivacious Sancha of Aragon arrives in Rome newly wed to a member of the notorious Borgia dynasty. Surrounded by the city's opulence and political corruption, she befriends her glamorous and deceitful sister-in-law, Lucrezia, whose jealousy is as legendary as her beauty. Some say Lucrezia has poisoned...

"My name is Lisa di Antonio Gherardini Giocondo, though to acquaintances, I am known simply as Madonna Lisa. My story begins not with my birth but a murder, committed the year before I was born…" Florence**, April 1478:** The handsome Giuliano de' Medici is brutally assassinated...

In this irresistible historical novel set in the turbulent world of the Medicis, a young woman finds herself driven from pick-pocketing to espionage when she meets a mysterious man. Giulia has been an orphan all her life. Raised in Florence's famous Ospedale degli Innocenti, her probing questions...

La sovrana è sola nei suoi appartamenti. Ha congedato anche le dame di compagnia, contravvenendo a ogni etichetta di corte: l’incontro che sta per avvenire non deve avere testimoni. Perché l’ospite di Caterina de’ Medici, quell’ometto zoppicante dai lunghi capelli grigi, è messer Nostradamus,...

Fine del XV secolo. L’Italia è divisa tra signorie, territori della Chiesa, repubbliche marinare, zone d’influenza di potenti e aggressivi vicini quali la Francia e la Spagna. Uno scacchiere dove insieme alle arti e alla poesia si coltivano l’intrigo e il tradimento. Al centro di tutto c’è...

Le carte non mentono, a loro ho sempre chiesto lumi sul futuro. Ma perché non ho saputo leggerne tutti i segnali? Ancora una volta sono accanto alla mia signora, Caterina, la figlia illegittima e più amata del crudele duca di Milano Galeazzo Sforza, che solo davanti alla sua bellezza e al suo coraggio...