The Rossetti Letter

In this “intriguing literary suspense debut novel” (Booklist), Christi Phillips blends fact and fiction, tension and sensuality as a historian uncovers a courtesan’s secret role in a shocking conspiracy of seventeenth-century Venice.

Claire Donovan finally has the chance to visit Venice and complete her PhD thesis on Alessandra Rossetti, a mysterious courtesan who wrote a secret letter to the Venetian Council warning of a Spanish plot to overthrow the Venetian Republic in 1618. Claire views ...