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Renaissance
Bowden, Oliver
historical fiction
historical adventure
past tense
third limited POV
~476 pp
high worldbuilding
Vibe
tense
vengeful
atmospheric
A dark historical fiction. Expect rich worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Plot-driven. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence.
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Style Fingerprint
Prose density
75
sparsedense
Pacing
60
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone
20
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding
85
minimalmaximal
Char / plot
80
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority
65
externalintrospective
Ending
10
unresolvedcathartic
Content
Sexual content
30%
noneexplicit
Structure & Cast
Structure
| Word count | 119,083 |
| Page count | ~476 pp |
| Prologue | — |
| Epilogue | — |
| Tense | past |