New York: Random House, (2008.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Novel set in Florence, Italy during the height of the Renaissance and in the Mughal empire under Akbar the Great - a story of a woman trying to control her own destiny in a world which belonged to men, and of two great cities, each at the height of their glory, but almost unknown to each other. INSCRIBED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. Bibliography. 355 pp. ISBN: 978-0375504334.

New York: The Free Press, 1998. dj. Hardcover - The story of the mysterious friendship between Leonardo da Vinci and Niccolo Machiavelli that changed history and almost accomplished one of the most ambitious plans of the city-state of Florence (Leonardo's concept to build a system of canals that would make the Arno River navigable from Florence to the sea, a project begun in 1504.). Roger Masters, a distinguished historical scholar, reconstructs this project and its failure, fills in many details of the relationship between the two giants of the Renaissance, and raises tantalizing questions on how history might have taken a different course had the project succeeded. Masters's reconstruction is both fascinating and plausible. Illustrated. Extensive notes, sources, index. 278 pages. ISBN: 0-684-844524.