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Review: Fiorenzo – Sebastian Nothwell

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Fiorenzo - Sebastian Nothwell

Genre: Historical, Fantasy, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewers: Linda, PRG; Whiskey November, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It At Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Apple | Smashwords About The Book Fiore has a plan. Find a wealthy elderly gentleman, delight him until the end of his days, and retire on the resulting inheritance. It’s the best outcome a low-born courtesan in the city of Halcyon can hope for. And it seems a perfect scheme… until a mysterious masked man upends it. Banished from university after a disastrous duel, Enzo wanders the city searching for scraps of the affection he’s lost. His public mask conceals private agonies. A single … Read more

Italy’s Excalibur? Student Discovers 5,000-Year-Old Sword in Venice

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A keen-eyed archaeology student made the find of a lifetime when she spotted one of the oldest swords on record, mistakenly grouped with medieval artifacts in a secluded Italian museum. The ancient sword was thought to be medieval in origin and maybe a few hundred years old at most — but studies have shown that it dates back about 5,000 years, to what is now eastern Turkey, where swords are thought to have been invented, in the early Bronze Age. The weapon was spotted in November 2017 by Vittoria Dall’Armellina, who was then a doctoral student in archaeology at Ca’ … Read more