City of Swords

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  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

  Hoffman, Mary.

  Stravaganza : city of swords / by Mary Hoffman. — 1st U.S. ed.

  p. cm.

  Sequel to: Stravaganza, city of ships.

  Summary: When desperately unhappy Laura, who secretly performs self-mutilation, finds her

  talisman and transports to Fortezza, a parallel world that resembles the Italian Renaissance

  city-state of Lucca, she faces battles on the field and of the heart.

  [1. Space and time—Fiction. 2. Renaissance—Italy—Fiction. 3. Adventure and adventurers—

  Fiction. 4. Emotional problems—Fiction. 5. Self-mutilation—Fiction.] I. Title. II. Title: City

  of swords.

  PZ7.H67562Sy 2012 [Fic]—dc23 2011045197

  ISBN 978-1-59990-924-0 (e-book)