Then, days later, everyone would travel to Milan for the feste honoring the new couple. The duke's astrologer, Messer Ambrogio, thought by him to be infallible, had singled out the day after tomorrow as the most fortuitous for the ...
Documents the lives of the noble d'Este sisters, who make politically advantageous marriages in war-torn, 15th century Italy.
Born into wealth amid the political and artistic foment of the Italian Renaissance, worldly and ambitious Isabella and naïve Beatrice Este, sisters and rivals, compete for the attentions of Ludovico Sforza, the Duke of Milan--even though ...
This book brings to life the turbulent times of Renaissance Italy, filled with romance and rivalry, political intrigue and betrayal.
Isabella d'Este, born into privilege and the political and artistic turbulence of Renaissance Italy, is a stunning black-eyed blonde and a precocious lover and collecteir of art.
Leonardo's Swans: A Novel
Leonardo's Swans
Born into wealth amid the political and artistic foment of the Italian Renaissance, worldly and ambitious Isabella and nacandrave Beatrice Este, sisters and rivals, compete for the attentions of Ludovico Sforza, the Duke of Milan--even ...
Isabella d'Este, daughter of the Duke of Ferrara, born into privilege and the political and artistic turbulence of Renaissance Italy, is a stunning black-eyed blonde and a precocious lover and...