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âA feast of a novel, The Stone Witch of Florence is erudite, transportive, and addicting. Magical in every sense of the word.â âKaty Hays, New York Times bestselling author of The Cloisters
A woman's secret. A deadly Plague. Unleash the hidden magicâŚ
1348. As the Black Plague ravages Italy, Ginevra di Gasparo is summoned to Florence after nearly a decade of lonely exile. Ginevra has a giftâharnessing the hidden powers of gemstones, she can heal the sick. But when word spread of her unusual abilities, she was condemned as a witch and banished. Now the same men who expelled Ginevra are begging for her return.
Ginevra obliges, assuming the cityâs leaders are finally ready to accept her unorthodox cures amid a pandemic. But upon arrival, she is tasked with a much different mission: she must use her collection of jewels to track down a ruthless thief who is ransacking Florenceâs churches for priceless relicsâthe cityâs only hope for protection. If she succeeds, sheâll be a recognized physician and never accused of witchcraft again.
But as her investigation progresses, Ginevra discovers sheâs merely a pawn in a much larger scheme than the one sheâs been hired to solve. And the dangerous men behind this conspiracy wonât think twice about killing a stone witch to get what they wantâŚ