The Medici Boy

The Medici Boy

The worlds of art, politics and passion collide in John Lâ€™Heureuxâ€™s masterful new novel, The Medici Boy. With rich composition, Lâ€™Heureux ingeniously transports the reader to Donatelloâ€™s Renaissance Italyâ€”directly into his bottega, (workshop), as witnessed through the eyes of Luca Mattei, a devoted assistant. While creating his famous bronze of David and Goliath, Donatelloâ€™s passion for his enormously beautiful model and part time rent boy, Agnolo, ignites a dangerous jealousy that ultimately leads to murder. Luca, the complex and conflicted assistant, will sacrifice all to save the life of Donatello, even if it means the life of the master sculptorâ€™s friend and great patron of art, Cosimo deâ€™ Medici. John Lâ€™Heureuxâ€™s long-awaited novel delivers both a monumental and intimate narrative of the creative genius, Donatello, at the height of his powers. With incisive detail, Lâ€™Heureux beautifully renders the master sculptorâ€™s forbidden homosexual passions, and the artistry that enthralled the powerful and highly competitive Medici and Albizzi families. The finished work is a sumptuously detailed historical novel that entertains while it delves deeply into both the sacred and the profane within one of the Italian Renaissanceâ€™s most consequential cities, fifteenth century Florence.
Country USA
Brand Astor + Blue Editions
Manufacturer Astor + Blue Editions
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 9781938231506
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781938231506
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	Astor + Blue Editions
Manufacturer	Astor + Blue Editions
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	9781938231506
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781938231506
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

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