Advantages: Rich and evocative descriptions, interesting historical background Disadvantages: The story is far too predictable
...Saronno to paint frescoes in the church. He falls in love with her at first sight and desperate to be close to her, he even says he will pay her to be a model for his paintings but the still grieving Simonetta wants nothing to do with him. The situation changes when Simonetta learns that she is practically broke; she had no idea that Lorenzo had spent almost everything they had in the war against the Spanish. Simonetta is forced to take drastic measures, ... ...but when she finally relents the couple are unaware that they are being watched by someone who will go on to denounce them. Bernardino flees Saronno and Simonetta, penniless and alone, is forced - against the strong protestations from her two servants - to approach a Jew for help.
Set in sixteenth century Italy, this is historical fiction based on a high degree of truth but it reads very much like a fairytale or to use the more literary expression ...
fizzytom 30.05.2009
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