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The worlds of art, politics and passion collide in John L'Heureux's masterful new novel, The Medici Boy. With rich composition, L'Heureux ingeniously transports the reader to Donatello's Renaissance Italy -- 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, Donatello's passion for his enormously beautiful model and part time rent boy, Agnolo, ignites a dangerous jealousy that ultimately leads to Agnolo's brutal 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 sculptor's friend and great patron of art, Cosimo de' Medici. John L'Heureux'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, L'Heureux beautifully renders the master sculptor'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 sac

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Author

L'Heureux, John

Publisher

Astor and Blue Editions, LLC

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9781938231506

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction

Rating

3.58 / 5 (166 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14