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The Birth of Venus

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Synopsis

Alessandra is not quite fifteen when her prosperous father brings a young painter back from Holland to adorn the new family chapel. Fascinated by his ability she is lured into closer involvement. On the streets of Florence she observes a terrible evil stalking the city and a fiery priest, who has set out to rid the city of vice, even art itself.

Press Quotes

Independent

“Dunant throws out ideas about sex, art and the divine with Renaissance-style sprezzatura.”

Simon Schama

“A beautiful serpent of a book, seductive dangerous and full of wise guile, the most brilliant novel yet from a writer of powerful historical imagination and wicked literary gifts.”

Telegraph

“Dunant has created a vivid and compellingly believable picture of Renaissance Florence... her research has obviously been meticulous... a magnificent novel.”