Category
page 1Novels set in the Renaissance

L'Oeuvre au noir
1968 novel by Marguerite Yourcenar

The Princess Bride
1973 novel by William Goldman

Q
novel by Luther Blissett
Romola
Romola is a historical novel written between 1862 and 1863 by English author Mary Ann Evans under the pen name of George Eliot set in the late fifteenth century, specifically the 1490s. It is "a deep study of life in the city of Florence from an intellectual, artistic, religious, and social point of view". The story takes place amidst actual historical events during the Italian Renaissance, and includes in its plot several notable figures from Florentine history.

The Agony and the Ecstasy
1961 novel by Irving Stone

Leo Africanus
1986 novel by Amin Maalouf
The Family
novel by Mario Puzo