The Malice of Fortune Paperback by Michael Ennis

Product Details

• Publisher: Emblem Editions (2013-06-04)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 416 pages
• ISBN-13: 9780771030796
• Item Weight: 379.89 grams
• Dimensions: 8.0 x 5.2 x 0.82 cm

"Captures the glorious and gritty details of Renaissance Italy in a propulsive story. Ennis has achieved a great accomplishment, historical fiction that places us right into the characters' present." -- Matthew Pearl, bestselling author of The Dante Club and The Technologists

     Now in paperback, the sweeping, intense historical thriller starring two of the great minds of history: Niccolò Machiavelli and Leonardo da Vinci that took the world by storm. Based on a real historical mystery, and involving serial murder and a gruesome cat and mouse game at the highest levels of the Church -- it was the era of the infamous Borgias -- The Malice of Fortune is a delicious treat for fans of Umberto Eco, Sarah Dunant, and Game of Thrones.

About the Author

MICHAEL ENNIS taught art history at the University of Texas, developed museum programs as a Rockefeller Foundation Fellow, and worked as an independent curator and consultant. He has won several awards for art criticism, and written for such magazines as Esquire and Architectural Digest and is a regular contributor to Texas Monthly. He is the author of two previous historical novels, Byzantium and The Duchess of Milan. Michael lives in Dallas with his wife, Ellen, a television producer, and their daughter Arielle. The author lives in Dallas, Texas.