Romola, novel by George Eliot, first published in 1862–63 in The Cornhill Magazine. The book was published in three volumes in 1863. Set in Florence at the end of the 15th century and scrupulously researched, the novel weaves into its plot the career of the reformer Girolamo Savonarola and the downfall of the ruling Medicis. More @Wikipedia
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