Miracles of Prato

<p>Like Fra Filippo's paintings this love story set in one of the most intriguing historical periods is suffused with clear warm color and fine attention to detail.<br /> --Debra Dean author of <em>The</em> <em>Madonnas of Leningrad</em><p></p></p> <p> </p></p><p>A vibrant and enthralling historical novel about art and passion <em>The Miracles of Prato </em>by Laurie Albanese and Laura Morowitz brings Italy in the era of the Medici to glorious life--as it tells the story of an illicit love affair between the renowned painter Fra Filippo Lippi and his muse a beautiful convent novitiate. A magnificent blend of fact historical color emotion and invention <em>The Miracles of Prato </em>is a novel that will delight the many fans of Tracy Chavalier's <em>Girl with a Pearl Earring</em> and Susan Vreeland's <em>Girl in Hyacinth Blue.<p></p></em></p>