Romola

v, 530 pp. Beige cloth, gilt and blue titles, blue and green decorations, photographic illustration mounted on front board, black-and-white frontispiece. Romola (1862 - 63) is a historical novel by George Eliot set in the fifteenth century, and is "a deep study of life in the city of Florence from an intellectual, artistic, religious, and social point of view. The story takes place amidst actual historical events during the Italian Renaissance, and includes in its plot several notable figures from Florentine history.