Romola

One of George Eliot's most ambitious and imaginative novels-the story of a young woman's intellectual and spiritual awakening in Renaissance Florence

Romola is set during the turbulent years following the expulsion of the powerful Medici family. At its heart is Romola, the devoted daughter of a blind scholar, married to the clever but ultimately treacherous Tito. Her husband's duplicity in both love and politics threatens to destroy everything she values, and she must break away to find her ...