| Author: | Anne Dempster Kyle |
| Pub Date: | June 1, 1933 |
| Illustrator: | Erick Berry |
| Publisher: | Houghton Mifflin Company |
| Genre: | Children's historical novel |
| Isbn: | 978-9-997-48924-1 |
| Awards: | Newbery Honor (1934) |
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]