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The Sixteen Pleasures

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The Sixteen Pleasures

Margot Harrington, an American volunteer in Florence, is an expert at book conservancy. While struggling to save a waterlogged convent library, she comes across a fabulous volume of sixteen erotic drawings by Giulio Romano, accompanying sixteen steamy sonnets by Pietro Aretino. When first published over four centuries ago, the Vatican ordered all copies destroyed. This oneâ€”now uniqueâ€”volume has survived.

The abbess prevails upon Margot to save the orderâ€™s finances by selling the magnificently illustrated erotica discreetlyâ€”meaning without the bishopâ€™s knowledge.

Margotâ€™s other clandestine project is a middle-aged Italian who is boldly attempting radical measures to save endangered frescoes. She is 29 and available; he, older and married. He shares her sense of mission and soon her bed in this daring story of spiritual longing and earthly desire.

From the Trade Paperback edition.

Country	USA
Author	Robert Hellenga
Binding	Kindle Edition
Edition	Reissue
EISBN	9781569478110
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	Soho Press
Manufacturer	Soho Press
NumberOfPages	381
PublicationDate	2009-09-01
Publisher	Soho Press
ReleaseDate	2009-09-01
Studio	Soho Press

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