Turning the World to Stone by Kelly Evans: The Coffee Pot Book Club Blog Tour

Today, I am hosting Kelly Evans for the blog tour for Turning the World to Stone – The Life of Caterina Sforza Part One 1472 to 1488. Kelly has kindly provided a snippet (please see below).

You can follow the full tour here: https://thecoffeepotbookclub.blogspot.com/2023/05/blog-tour-turning-world-to-stone.html

Turning the World to Stone – The Life of Caterina Sforza, Part One, 1472 to 1488

Vilified by history, Caterina Sforza learned early that her life was not her own. Married at age ten, she was a pawn in the ever-changing political environment of Renaissance Italy.

Resigned to her life as a fifteenth-century wife, Caterina adapted to the role she was expected to play: raising and educating her children, helping the poor in her new home, and turning a blind eye to her husband’s increasingly shameful behaviour. But Fate had other plans for her, and soon Caterina’s path would be plagued by murder, betrayal, and heartbreak.

“Could I write all, the world would turn to stone.”

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Turning the World to Stone Snippet

Caterina laughed and sent a passing page to inform the musicians. She received a pleased nod from the recorder player and stood facing Leone. His face lit up delightedly when the song started, and he proved himself a true match for Caterina’s dancing skills. There was no time to talk as they moved through the fast, hopping steps and as the music finally ended, it took them a few minutes to catch their breaths.

“Signor, I applaud your talent,” Caterina led them away from the other dancers to a table set off to the side of the room. She glanced over at Girolamo and found him engaged in a conversation with a rotund man who looked like his waistcoat had given up trying to encase him and hung open in resignation.

Caterina sat and waved her hand at the chair opposite. Cobelli sat quickly as if afraid the countess would change her mind. A maid brought them glasses of wine and a plate of vanilla wafers as they settled comfortably to watch the others.

Leone leaned forward. “That man your husband is speaking with? He doesn’t know it, but his wife is sleeping with his brother.”

Caterina’s eyes widened. No one had ever started a conversation with her in this way before. She glanced over at the well fed man again and giggled. “Is that true?”

He nodded vigorously. “It is, Madonna. I take my job as a chronicler seriously. I don’t deal in rumours or falsehoods.”

She looked at him critically. Was any man capable of such a feat? “We’ll see,” she replied.

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Author Bio:

Born in Canada of Scottish extraction, Kelly Evans graduated in History and English then moved to England where she worked in the financial sector. While in London Kelly continued her studies in history, concentrating on Medieval History, and travelled extensively through Eastern and Western Europe.

Kelly is now back in Canada with her husband Max and a rescue cat. She writes full-time, focussing on illuminating little-known women in history with fascinating stories. When not working on her novels, Kelly writes Described Video scripts for visually impaired individuals, plays oboe, and enjoys old sci-fi movies.

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