Botticelli's Muse: 3 (Arno/ A Trilogy)

Sensuous and provocative as well as mysterious Blumes interpretation of master painter Sandro Botticelli is at once a florid love story and a chilling political drama.--Publishers Weekly.Botticellis Muse is an historical novel about a love quadrangle: Botticellis troubled life as he is forced to choose among his three loves: art romance and prestige.In 1477 Botticelli is suddenly fired by his prestigious patron and friend Lorenzo de Medici. In the villa of his irritating new patron the artists creative well runs dry--until the day he sees Floriana a Jewish weaver imprisoned in his sisters convent. But events threaten to keep his unlikely muse out of reach. So begins a tale of one of the art worlds most beloved paintings La Primavera as Sandro a confirmed bachelor and Floriana a headstrong artist in her own right enter into a turbulent relationship.Book One: BOTTICELLIS MUSE