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The Viper of Milan
First edition (UK)
AuthorMarjorie Bowen
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
GenreHistorical
PublisherAlston Rivers (London)
McClure Phillips (United States)
Publication date
1906
Media typePrint

The Viper of Milan is a 1906 historical novel by the British writer Marjorie Bowen.[1] Written when she was sixteen it received a number of rejections from publishers before its eventual publication. It proved a bestseller and launched her on a prolific career involving many popular successes. It is set in Renaissance Italy during the fourteenth century. It portrays the relentless rivalry between Gian Galeazzo Visconti, Duke of Milan and Mastino della Scala, a dispossessed ruler of Verona.

It was republished in 1960 with a foreword by Graham Greene.

  1. ^ Vinson p.90

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