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The Prince's Doom (Star-Cross'd)

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Product Description The long-awaited explosive fourth novel in the Star-Cross'd series! Verona has won its war with Padua, but lost its war with the stars. The young prodigy Cesco now turns his troubled brilliance to darker purposes, embracing a riotous life and challenging not only the lord of Verona and the Church, but the stars themselves. Trying desperately to salvage what's left of his young charge's spirit, for once Pietro Alaghieri welcomes the plots and intrigues of the Veronese court, hoping they will shake Cesco out of his torpor. But when the first body falls, it becomes clear that this new game is deadly, one that will doom them all. This is a hell even Pietro's father, the great poet Dante, could not have imagined. The fourth novel in Blixt's acclaimed Star-Cross'd series, The Prince's Doom combines Shakespeare's Italian plays, the poetry of Dante and Petrarch, and the brutal intrigue of Renaissance Italy to craft a crescendo of hope and heartbreak, of new love found and old love spoiled, of victory at war and disaster in peace. This is the novel everything has been building towards. Nothing in the world will ever be the same. Praise for the Star-Cross'd Series: "A novel of intricate plot, taut narrative, sharp period detail and beautifully realized characters." - Publishers Weekly "Intricate plotting, well-staged scenes, and colorful descriptions enhance head-spinning but lively entertainment." - Kirkus Reviews "A delightful romp through the backstory of 'Romeo & Juliet." - Chicago Sun-Times "Be prepared to burn the midnight oil. It's well worth it." - Historical Novel Society Review 'For anyone who has yet to read David's novels, you are about to hit the literary lottery. Yes, he's that good.' --Sharon Kay Penman, The Sunne In Splendour 'David Blixt is a master of historical fiction. Dramatic, vivid, superbly researched, this series captures Renaissance Italy in all its heady glamour and lethal intrigue.' --C.W. Gortner, The Tudor Conspiracy 'This is one of the most exciting, and satisfying, reads that I have immersed myself in for a long time. David Blixt is a gem of a writer.' --Helen Hollick, The Pendragon Chronicles From the Back Cover Based on the plays of William Shakespeare, the poetry of Dante, and the history of Italy, the Star-Cross'd Series is a tale of wars won, friendships lost, and conspiracies both mortal and stellar, an epic journey into the birth of the Renaissance that  recalls the best of Bernard Cornwell and Dorothy Dunnett. About the Author Author and playwright David Blixt's work is consistently described as "intricate," "taut," and "breathtaking." A writer of Historical Fiction, his novels span the early Roman Empire (the COLOSSUS series, his play EVE OF IDES) to early Renaissance Italy (the STAR-CROSS'D series, including THE MASTER OF VERONA, VOICE OF THE FALCONER, and FORTUNE'S FOOL) up through the Elizabethan era (his delightful espionage comedy HER MAJESTY'S WILL, starring Will Shakespeare and Kit Marlowe as inept spies). His novels combine a love of the theatre with a deep respect for the quirks and passions of history. As the Historical Novel Society said, 'Be prepared to burn the midnight oil. It's well worth it.' Living in Chicago with his wife and two children, David describes himself as 'actor, author, father, husband. In reverse order.'