The Most Beautiful Woman in Florence The Most Beautiful Woman in Florence

The Most Beautiful Woman in Florence

A Story of Botticelli

    • 4.5 • 6 Ratings
    • $11.99

Publisher Description

"In the tradition of Tracy Chevalier’s Girl with a Pearl Earring, Palombo has married fine art with romantic historical fiction in this lush and sensual interpretation of Medici Florence, artist Sandro Botticelli, and the muse that inspired them all." - Booklist

A girl as beautiful as Simonetta Cattaneo never wants for marriage proposals in 15th Century Italy, but she jumps at the chance to marry Marco Vespucci. Marco is young, handsome and well-educated. Not to mention he is one of the powerful Medici family’s favored circle.

Even before her marriage with Marco is set, Simonetta is swept up into Lorenzo and Giuliano de’ Medici’s glittering circle of politicians, poets, artists, and philosophers. The men of Florence—most notably the rakish Giuliano de’ Medici—become enthralled with her beauty. That she is educated and an ardent reader of poetry makes her more desirable and fashionable still. But it is her acquaintance with a young painter, Sandro Botticelli, which strikes her heart most. Botticelli immediately invites Simonetta, newly proclaimed the most beautiful woman in Florence, to pose for him. As Simonetta learns to navigate her marriage, her place in Florentine society, and the politics of beauty and desire, she and Botticelli develop a passionate intimacy, one that leads to her immortalization in his masterpiece, The Birth of Venus.

Alyssa Palombo’s The Most Beautiful Woman in Florence vividly captures the dangerous allure of the artist and muse bond with candor and unforgettable passion.

GENRE
Fiction & Literature
RELEASED
2017
April 25
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
320
Pages
PUBLISHER
St. Martin's Publishing Group
SELLER
Macmillan
SIZE
2.9
MB

Customer Reviews

Word Lover 70 ,

Compelling

The Most Beautiful Woman in Florence is a compelling read. The relationship between Simonetta and Botticelli is complex and yet beautifully drawn. Ms Palumbo Weaves fiction and history in a most fascinating manner. I wanted more when the novel ended..
A must read if you like this genre.

Portraits of an Artist Portraits of an Artist
2022
Portraits of an Artist Portraits of an Artist
2013
The Grand Design The Grand Design
2022
Kingdom of Ash and Soot Kingdom of Ash and Soot
2018
Stolen Time Stolen Time
2017
Mademoiselle Chanel Mademoiselle Chanel
2015
The Violinist of Venice The Violinist of Venice
2015
The Spellbook of Katrina Van Tassel The Spellbook of Katrina Van Tassel
2018
The Assassin of Venice The Assassin of Venice
2024
The Borgia Confessions The Borgia Confessions
2020
Le confessioni dei Borgia Le confessioni dei Borgia
2019
The Confessions of Catherine de Medici The Confessions of Catherine de Medici
2010
Raphael, Painter in Rome Raphael, Painter in Rome
2020
The Romanov Empress The Romanov Empress
2018
Oil and Marble Oil and Marble
2016
Lady of the Eternal City Lady of the Eternal City
2015
Daughters of Rome Daughters of Rome
2011