Everything you need to understand or teach In the Company of the Courtesan by Sarah Dunant.
"In the Company of the Courtesan" is the story of Fiammetta Bianchini, a 16th-century Roman courtesan, told through the eyes of her loyal companion, the dwarf Bucino. The novel describes the ups-and-downs of Fiammetta and Bucino's fortunes as they leave Rome for Venice and set up shop in an unfamiliar city, with few friends and little money.
Beginning in Rome, Bucino and Fiammetta must flee, despite the conniving efforts of the...