The Birth of Venus (Dunant)

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The Birth of Venus: Love and Death in Florence is a 2003 novel by Sarah Dunant, a bestselling British author. The plot is one of passion, politics, and danger. It features a young girl, Alessandra Cecchi, who is drawn to a young painter commissioned to paint the family's chapel walls.

An incredibly free-thinking and brave woman, the courageous Alessandria fights her desire to honor God with her talent for painting.