Varnished Faces: Star-Cross'd Short Stories

"New readers, beware! Once you start reading one of David's books, real life comes to a screeching halt until you finish it." - Sharon Kay Penman, Here Be Dragons and The Sunne In Splendour

Some stories are part of a grand narrative. Others are small, insular, intimate, yet no less deserving to be told. Taken together, these pieces form a tapestry of life, love, and longing in early Renaissance Italy.

At their heart of these stories are the false faces people wear to hide their true selves. ...