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The Most Beautiful Woman in Florence: A Story of Botticelli

โœ Scribed by Palombo, Alyssa

Book ID
109944218
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Tongue
en-US
Weight
764 KB
Category
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781250071507

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โœฆ Synopsis

"In the tradition of Tracy Chevalier's Girl with a Pearl Earring , Palombo has married fine art with romantic historical fiction in this lush and sensual interpretation of Medici Florence, artist Sandro Botticelli, and the muse that inspired them all." - Booklist

A girl as beautiful as Simonetta Cattaneo never wants for marriage proposals in 15th Century Italy, but she jumps at the chance to marry Marco Vespucci. Marco is young, handsome and well-educated. Not to mention he is one of the powerful Medici family's favored circle.

Even before her marriage with Marco is set, Simonetta is swept up into Lorenzo and Giuliano de' Medici's glittering circle of politicians, poets, artists, and philosophers. The men of Florence--most notably the rakish Giuliano de' Medici--become enthralled with her beauty. That she is educated and an ardent reader of poetry makes her more desirable and fashionable still. But it is her acquaintance with a young...

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