Author | Anne Dempster Kyle |
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Illustrator | Erick Berry |
Genre | Children's historical novel |
Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Company |
Publication date | June 1, 1933 |
Awards | Newbery Honor (1934) |
ISBN | 978-9-997-48924-1 |
The Apprentice of Florence is a children's historical novel by Anne Dempster Kyle set in 15th century Italy and Constantinople. It was published in 1933 and was a Newbery Honor recipient in 1934. [1] The book is illustrated by Erick Berry.
The novel is set principally in 1453, the year when Constantinople fell to the besieging Turks. It follows the adventures of sixteen-year-old Nemo, apprenticed to a silk merchant of Florence, who accompanies the merchant's son to Constantinople on business. [2]