Da Vinci Detects: Murder and Sex: A Mystery of Homosexual Persecution in Renaissance Italy Featuring its Greatest Artists (A Nicola Machiavelli Mystery) (Volume 2)
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| Rating | : | 4.45 (701 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0985088435 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 308 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-07-06 |
| Language | : | English |
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Chicago) and spent several decades doing civil litigation. She graduated from Stanford University with honors in “Renaissance Studies” (a self-created interdepartmental major), having spent part of her junior year in Florence, researching her honors thesis using original Italian texts. She then attended law school (U. She now lives in California, and has recently retired from law practice to brush up on her Italian and devote herself to her family and favorite period in history: the Italian Renaissance. About the Author Mary Ann Philip (a nom de plume) is the author of A Borgia Daughter Dies, an four star-rated mystery that features Nico
Leonardo da Vinci uncovers a serial killer while working for the infamous Niccolò Machiavelli on a secret project for the Florentine Republic. A feared figure from Leonardo’s past also seeks his help, forcing him to re-live the nightmare of his public arrest after he was anonymously accused of homosexuality as a young man. Machiavelli’s mistress Caterina and their daughter Nicola will help Leonardo while trying to protect Caterina’s father, who lives in fear of death threats thrust under his door in the night. Are these events intertwined? Leonardo will find surprising answers, while he strives towards his greatest artistic and scientific achievements, in company with the most famous artists in history.. Renaissance Florence at the zenith of its artistic splendor is the backdrop for this historically accurate mystery
She now lives in California, and has recently retired from law practice to brush up on her Italian and devote herself to her family and favorite period in history: the Italian Renaissance. Mary Ann Philip (a nom de plume) is the author of A Borgia Daughter Dies, an four star-rated mystery that features Nicola Machiavelli and Leonardo da Vinci as principal detectives as it tells the story of the infamous Borgia pope and his equally in
Mildly entertaining A reader This is a mildly interesting and entertaining read, in which Leonardo da Vinci becomes a fictional character who helps solve a series of murders in Florence in the early years of the 1500s. He’s helped in his efforts by an entirely fictional character, Nicola, an illegitimate daughter of none other than Machiavelli.Despite the author’s claims that she majored in Italian Studies in college, she sure does make a lot of mistakes! First, there’s her odd spellings; I don’t know if they’re intentional (why?) or actual . Great read Kathy Church Interesting and quick read. Good Historical Mystery Bartolomeo da Fiesole, a former judge of the Office of the Night, has been receiving death threats. He has been estranged from his daughter, Caterina, ever since she left him to bear her child, Nicola, the illegitimate daughter of Nicollo Machiavelli. Bartolomeo wants to make amends before he dies but Caterina is still bitter. Someone is also stealing pig iron from an armory that Caterina operates.We have Leonardo da Vinci in the story along with Michelangelo and Raphael, but this is mostly Nicola and Caterina's story. They try to find the mu