A historical novel for lovers of books like The Stranger or The Girl with the Pearl
Beatrice Trovato, a young doctor of neurosurgery, may know how the human brain works, but she is not well versed in matters of the heart. After the sudden death of her brother, she flies as his only heiress from New York to Siena in Tuscany. My brother there dealt with the events of the plague epidemic in the 14th century. He left her a house in Siena and a file with the results of his research. Beatrice settles in the house and delves deeper and deeper into her brother's research. One day he comes across the diary of fresco painter Gabriel Accorsi, in whose painting he is shocked to see his own face.
Past and present mysteriously intertwine and Beatrice finds herself in Siena in 1347, just before the outbreak of the plague. With Gabriel's help, he uncovers a conspiracy whose consequences reach hundreds of years into the future. But something unexpected will also happen: Beatrice falls under the spell not only of Gabriel, but also of medieval life. As the Black Death begins to pick its first victims, it must decide which era it truly belongs to.
The Scribe of Siena is the story of a woman caught in the romantic and dangerous trap of love. Readers of Diana Gabaldon's The Little Women or Tracy Chevalier's The Girl with the Pearl will be captivated by a novel built on the temporal interweaving of two stories, one in the present and one in the past.
