The Malice of Fortune

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Renaissance Italy- Niccol Machiavelli and Leonardo da Vinci come together to unmask a terrifying serial killer. A gripping first novel, and the secret history behind Machiavelli's inspiration of THE PRINCE. 'A highly intelligent historical thriller' - The Sunday Times 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, Niccol 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.

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A highly intelligent historical thriller * The Sunday Times *
Ennis' gripping historical thriller conjures up the unpredictable, dangerous world of Renaissance Italy with great panache. * BBC History Magazine *
Vivid, well defined, THE MALICE OF FORTUNE captures the glorious and gritty details of Renaissance Italy in a propulsive story. * Mathew Pearl, author of THE DANTE CLUB *
Fascinating, engrossing and wickedly clever. THE MALICE OF FORTUNE captured my attention up front and kept me turning the pages to the very end. * Douglas Preston *
THE MALICE OF FORTUNE dishes out a simmering stew, thick with chicanery, bloodshed, dastardly deeds, code-breaking and puzzle-solving. * Katherine Neville, author of THE EIGHT *

Author Bio

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.