- Published: 1 September 2010
- ISBN: 9781409060680
- Imprint: Cornerstone Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 432
Leonardo's Swans
- Published: 1 September 2010
- ISBN: 9781409060680
- Imprint: Cornerstone Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 432
A wild yarn about sexual politics and the struggle for immortality
Harper's Bazaar
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
Brilliantly captures the turbulent years of late 15th-century Italy as seen through the eyes of the bold and beguiling d'Este sisters, whose lives and fates were inextricably woven into the political tapestry of those times...Vibrant and lavish ...
Bookpage
With lush, colorful descriptions, Essex brings to life the Sforza court and the competitive d'Este sisters' complex relationships with each other, their husbands, and Leonardo. Powerful historical fiction
Booklist
In this gold brocade world, where every gesture echoes in quadruple - as politics, family, sex and art - only the virtuosos survive, and leading the dance is the greatest virtuoso of them all, Da Vinci
Time Magazine