Romola

About this book

Eliot’s only historical novel, set in 15th century Florence under the rule of the Medicis, blends fact with fiction as the reader follows the almost saint-like Romola and the amoral and feckless Tito Melema whom she marries against the advice of her brother, an equally saintly priest. An impressive account of Renaissance life in a wealthy Italian state.

Subjects

• british and irish fiction (fictional works by one author)
• english fiction
• fiction
• fiction, family life
• fiction, historical
• fiction, historical, general
• fiction, psychological
• greeks
• history
• italy, fiction
• married women
• political fiction
• politics and government
• self-sacrifice
• social life and customs
• women