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Book Review of The Birth of Venus

The Birth of Venus
The Birth of Venus
Author: Sarah Dunant
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Romance
Book Type: Paperback
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Helpful Score: 1


Despite a few minor infelicities, the book is both a coherent evocation of 15th-century Florence and a compelling account of the passions that ruled life then as now. It includes, among much else, the most vivid description of childbirth ever read by this childless male.