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Michael Ennis

The Malice of Fortune

  • The Malice of Fortune

  • Welcome to the Devil’s house.

    A nest of vipers dwells within.

    And a trail of blood leads to the Borgia Palace ...

    Against a teeming canvas of Borgia politics, Niccolò Machiavelli and Leonardo da Vinci come together to unmask a serial killer. Through a labyrinth of ancient superstition and erotic obsession they discover an evil and terrible secret – one that still lies buried in the lines of Machiavelli’s greatest work, The Prince.

Michael Ennis studied history at the University of California, Berkeley, taught history at the University of Texas, Austin, and developed museum programmes as a Rockerfeller Foundation Fellow. He is the author of two historical novels, Duchess of Milan and Byzantium, and lives in Dallas with his television producer wife, Ellen, and their daughter, Arielle.

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