The timeless tale continues... The most popular and beloved American historical novel ever written, Margaret Mitchell's "Gone With the Wind "is unparalleled in its portrayal of men and women at once larger than life but as real as ourselves. Now bestselling writer Alexandra Ripley brings us back to Tara and reintroduces us to the characters we remember so well: Rhett, Ashley, Mammy, Suellen, Aunt Pittypat, and, of course, Scarlett. As the classic story, first told over half a century ago, moves forward, the greatest love affair in all fiction is reignited; amidst heartbreak and joy, the endless, consuming passion between Scarlett O'Hara and Rhett Butler reaches its startling culmination. Rich with surprises at every turn and new emotional, breathtaking adventures, "Scarlett "satisfies our longing to reenter the world of "Gone With the Wind," and like its predecessor, "Scarlett "will find an eternal place in our hearts.

Their families hate each other, but Lorenzo de Medici and Ginevra de Pazzi are irrevocably drawn together in a struggle to preserve the honor and glory of 15th-century Florence. That struggle will take them to the innermost sanctums of artists and philosophers and will also lead them to broken alliances, dangerous intrigues, even to the brink of war.