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Sisters. Rivals. And the love of one man.
Isabella and Beatrice dEste are as different as night and day. Wordly and ambitious, Isabellas beauty and intellect are legendary across the courts of Europe, while her younger sister, a tomboy, prefers horses and the hunt. When Isabella is betrothed to the Marquis of Mantua, all her ambitions seem to come true -- until Beatrice marries Ludovico, the powerful Duke of Milan. Suddenly, Isabella finds herself drawn to her sisters husband, a man as charismatic as he is dangerous. Once close, the sisters are now fierce rivals, for Ludovicos affections but also for the larger prize, to be immortalized by Milans court painter, Leonardo da Vinci. Da Vincis glittering genius is at its zenith, with such masterpieces as The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa, but he constantly struggles not to let his noble patrons incessant demands compromise his own artistic vision.
Meanwhile, the black clouds of war are looming on the horizon. As Ludovicos gamble for power in Western Europe begins to fall apart, the sisters must choose -- between passion and family, loyalty and survival.
Privileged sisters compete over men, attention, and the chance to be immortalized on canvas by Leonardo da Vinci, in this instantly absorbing tale Redbook Magazine
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