The Ruby Ring (42 page)

About the Author

D
IANE HAEGER
is the author of five previous historical novels, including
My Dearest Cecelia
and
The Secret Wife of King George IV.

Also by Diane Haeger

Courtesan

The Return

Angel Bride

Pieces of April

Beyond the Glen

The Secret Wife of King George IV

My Dearest Cecelia

Copyright 2005 by Diane Haeger

Reader’s Guide copyright 2005 by Three Rivers Press, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc.

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

All rights reserved.

Published in the United States by Three Rivers Press, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., New York.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Haeger, Diane.

The ruby ring : a novel / Diane Haeger.1. Luti, Margherita, 16th cent.—Fiction. 2. Raphael, 1483–1520—Relations with women—Fiction. 3. Raphael, 1483–1520—Death and burial—Fiction. 4. Artists’ models—Fiction. 5. Rome (Italy)—Fiction. 6. Convents—Fiction. I. Title.

PS3558.A32125R83 2005

813'.54—dc22

2004016396

eISBN: 978-0-307-23779-8

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