![]() What Readers Are Saying ‘Glittering, gorgeous, compelling, and stunning.’ ‘A richly satisfying historical novel. Violante’s place in history will test her heart and leave her the guardian of dangerous secrets she must carry to the grave. /rebates/2f97819050053902fNeedle-Blood-Bower-Sarah-19050053932fplp&. ![]() ![]() ![]() But those who enter the House of Borgia are never quite the same when they leave if they leave at all. 'The Needle In The Blood' by Sarah BowerBayeux Tapestry & Passion Tweet Hearken all art historians, needlewomen and readers of historical fiction: this is an expansive, comprehensive, beautifully conceived novel that will make you want to hold it close to your heart long after you read the last lines. Violante discovers a Lucrezia unknown to those who see only a scheming harlot, and all the whispers about her brother, Cesare Borgia, never revealed the soul of the man who dances close with Violante. But the same secretive politics that pushed Lucrezia’s father to the Vatican have landed Violante deep in a lavish landscape of passion and ambition. An unlikely love story born of passion and intensity, crafted by critically acclaimed historical novelist Sarah Bower,The Needle in the Bloodis a 'story of love, war, and the tangled truth of England's birth.She isn’t supposed to be a lady in waiting to the beautiful Lucrezia Borgia. A Notorious Duke An Infamous Duchess An Innocent Girl Violante isn’t supposed to be here, in one of the grandest courts of Renaissance Italy. ![]()
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