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 The Madonna of the Almonds - Marina Fiorato
Newest Review: ... drastic measures, swallows her pride and tells Bernardino she will sit for him after all. Simonetta tries to resist her ... more  ... feelings for Bernardino 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 "magical realism". Bernardino Luini did...more |
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The Madonna of the Almonds - Marina Fiorato: Madonna of the Almonds - In a nutshell.... (586 words)
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Simonetta di Saronno is devastated when, after many months with no news, she learns that her husband Lorenzo has been killed in battle. She finds solace in her faith and it is while she is praying in her local church that she meets Bernardo Luini, an artist (an apprentice to da Vinci in fact) who has come to 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 ... Read the complete review
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