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Interview with the main character Bernini – The Renaissance Club

By Rachel Dacus | January 19, 2019January 19, 2019 by Rachel Dacus

Today I’m interviewing Gianlorenzo Bernini, the other main character in my time travel novel, The Renaissance Club, a story that has been called “enchanting, rich, and romantic”! The 17th century genius artist Gianlorenzo Bernini is the hero of my time travel novel, and the passionate interest of May Gold, a young art historian who specializes in his masterpieces.

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Why Italy and Bernini? 5 Reasons You Should Go to Italy

By Rachel Dacus | June 8, 2017November 9, 2017 by Rachel Dacus

What’s so great about Italy, and why did I spend many years of my life writing about it, culiminating in my novel The Renaissance Club, which features Italian sculptor Gianlorenzo Bernini? Good questions. What I keep coming up with is that Italy is Bernini, and Bernini, Italy. I mean the place is full of gorgeous, sumptuous, emotionally moving art. It’s a place so full of art you start to take it for granted that you’ll…