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Title Statement | Leonardo's swans: a novel / [largetype] : Karen Essex. |
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Author | Essex, Karen |
Publication | New York: Random House Large Print, c2006. |
Edition | 1st large print ed. |
Extent of Item | 628 p. |
ISBN | 0739325787 9780739325780 |
Other Number | 1548868 |
Summary | In Renaissance Italy, Isabella d'Este and her sister Beatrice compete with each other for love and power. Isabella plays seducer to Ludovico Sforza, her sister's husband and patron of Leonarda da Vinci, in an attempt to be painted by the famous artist. Meanwhile, Ludovico's plan to control Europe begins to fall apart and the two sisters must try to survive the political times. |
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By Topic | Artists' models--Fiction |
Sibling rivalry--Fiction | |
Sisters--Fiction | |
Artists--Fiction | |
Large type books | |
By Name | Isabella d'Este,1474-1539 |
Beatrice,1475-1497 | |
Ludovico Sforza,1452-1508 | |
Francesco1466-1519 | |
Leonardo,1452-1519 | |
By Location | Italy--Fiction--History--1492-1559 |
Milan (Italy)--Fiction | |
By Genre | Historical fiction |