Alessandra grows to womanhood in 15th century Florence - but what future is there for an independent-minded young woman with a talent for painting, under Savonarola's fundamentalist rule? Dunant knows her history and has used it to wonderfully evocative effect in this bewitching story of dangerous love, intrigue, art and politics, set in a Florence we can see, smell, hear and taste.
(Annabel Bedini - bwl 24 June 2004 ) |
