Sarah Dunant's New Book: Sacred Hearts

I hadn't read "The Birth of Venus" yet, but I was deeply moved by Sarah Dunant's "in the Company of Courtesan" (so much so that I started dreaming which actor/actress should play the lead roles. Naturally, Scarlet Johanson is my first choice for Fiammetta). This new book completes her "Renaissance Trilogy". A lot of so called "historical" novels are just romance novels in another name. Dunant, however, managed to catch the Zeitgeist. It is moment of reading books like "in the company of courtesan" reminds me that I am still alive.