"A novel set in Renaissance Italy, and centering on the captivating young duchess Lucrezia de' Medici"--

A history of Florence during the Renaissance as seen through the eyes of a teenager whose father hires a painter to decorate the family chapel. 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...