Melanthe, Or The Days Of The Medici V2: A Tale Of The Fifteenth Century (1843) is a historical novel by Catherine Charlotte Maberly. The book is set in the 15th century, during the height of the Medici family's power in Florence, Italy. The story follows the life of a young woman named Melanthe, who is taken in by the Medici family after her family is killed in a plague outbreak. Melanthe grows up in the Medici household, where she is educated and...