Most Beautiful Woman in Florence Palombo Alyssa
Most Beautiful Woman in Florence Palombo Alyssa 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…
Specifikacia Most Beautiful Woman in Florence Palombo Alyssa
Most Beautiful Woman in Florence Palombo Alyssa
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. Marco is young, handsome and well-educated. - BooklistA 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.
The men of Florence--most notably the rakish Giuliano de' Medici--become enthralled with her beauty. 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. That she is educated and an ardent reader of poetry makes her