While many of the characters, locales, and stories are authentic, I have used them in a fictitious way, and have changed the order of some events and compressed the timeline in which they occurred. The characters of Anastasia, Antonella, Luciana, Carlo, and Constantia are creations of my imagination.
Even though I read every book I could get my hands on related to Sandro Botticelli, the two most helpful references were Vasari’s Lives of the Artists, translated by Mrs. Jonathon Foster, and the thoroughly researched Botticelli Life and Work by Robert Lightbown.
Dedication
Thank you to those, dead and alive, who have shared my love for the glorious painter, Sandro Botticelli, and all that his works represent.
About the Author
Laura T Emery has lived most of her life in Los Angeles, California, but spent most of her time and energy the past few years perusing the streets of Florence through literature, art, and Google Maps.
Laura is learning the Italian language, simply to enable her to read the few books that exist on Simonetta Vespucci, and the many other documents of the Italian Renaissance that have yet to be translated into English.
She made several research trips to Florence in order to become fully immersed in the history and culture, hoping to one day retire with her husband in the Tuscany region of Italy.
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