“LikeOutlanderwithanItalianaccent.“--RealSimple“Adetailedhistoricalnovel,amultifacetedmystery,andamovingtaleofimprobablelove.“--PublishersWeekly,starredreviewANEWYORKPOSTMUST-READBOOKReadersofDianaGabaldon’sOutlanderandTracyChevalier’sGirlwithaPearlEarring...willbesweptawaybythespellofmedievalSiena“(LibraryJournal,starredreview)inthistransportinglovestoryandgrippinghistoricalmystery.AccomplishedneurosurgeonBeatriceTrovatoknowsthatherdeepempathyforherpatientsisstartingtoimpedeherwork.Sowhenherbelovedbrotherpassesaway,shewelcomestheunexpectedtriptotheTuscancityofSienatoresolvehisestate,evenasshewrestleswithgrief.Butasshedelvesdeeperintoherbrother’saffairs,shediscoversintriguesheneverimagined--a700-year-oldconspiracytodecimatethecity.AsBeatriceexplorestheevidencefurther,sheuncoversthejournalandpaintingsofthefourteenth-centuryartistGabrieleAccorsi.Butwhenshefindsastartlingimageofherownface,sheissuddenlytransportedtotheyear1347.SheawakensinaSienaunfamiliartoher,onethatwillsoonbehitbythePlague.YetwhenBeatricemeetsAccorsi,somethingunexpectedhappens:shefallsinlove--notonlywithGabriele,butalsowiththebeautyandcadenceofmedievallife.AsthePlagueandtheruthlesshandsbehinditstrajectorythreatennotonlyhersurvivalbutalsoSiena’sveryexistence,Beatricemustdecideinwhichcenturyshebelongs.TheScribeofSienaisthecaptivatingstoryofabrilliantwoman’spassionateaffairwithatimeandaplacethatcapturesherinanimpossiblyromanticanddangeroustrap--testingthestrengthoffateandthebondsoflove.
