No one, least of all Leonardo da Vinci, could have imagined how running a simple errand could turn out to cause so much trouble. Leonardo is an apprentice to the famous painter Andrea del Verrocchio and his master sends him to the house of another artist to deliver a bill. While he is there Leonardo sees a drawing which appears to be the plan of some machine. For some reason Leonardo cannot help feeling that the machine is dangerous, that it is going to be used for some fine art of murder. The fact that enemies of the Medici family appear to connected to the plans in some way only makes the whole situation look more sinister and worrying.
No one knows how Leonardo became a great artist, his past became an unsolvable mystery, the only key is our imagination. And here, Robert J Harris has given Leonardo a new face, a new personality, a main role in his world. The story is mainly based on the real events, some characters are real and some are works of imagination. These strings of imagination and reality blend together to make a fine art of Leonardo's past, giving the readers a feel of life at Florence.
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