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The Florentine state is in turmoil: power is slipping from the hands of the Medici family, the troops of the French king are advancing from the north. The fiery preacher Savonarola stigmatizes the vices of the townspeople. At the same time, a mysterious killer appears in the city: more and more mutilated corpses are found on the streets of the city. At the center of events is the young Alessandra Cecchi. She dreamed of devoting herself to painting and ... one painter. But Alessandra will have to endure separation from her beloved, a hated marriage, the death of loved ones and solve the mystery of street murders ... Four of eight brilliant intriguing detectives by Sarah Dunant (known to Russian readers from the novels "Knife to the Heart", "Birthmarks", "On the Edge" ) were nominated for the prestigious British Golden Dagger Award. The novel "The Birth of Venus" - Dunant's first book in the historical genre - became a sensation. Withstood several reprints and was translated into more than thirty languages.