Portrait of a Conspiracy, Donna Russo Morin
Portrait of a Conspiracy, Donna Russo Morin
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Portrait of a Conspiracy
Da Vinci's Disciples

Author: Donna Russo Morin

Narrator: Cassandra Campbell

Unabridged: 10 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 05/10/2016


Synopsis

Seeking to wrest power, members of the Pazzi family drew their blades in a church and slew the beloved Giuliano. But Lorenzo de' Medici survives the attack, and seeks revenge on everyone involved, plunging the city into a murderous chaos. Bodies are dragged through the streets, and no one is safe.

Five women steal away to a church to ply their craft in secret. Viviana, Fiammetta, Isabetta, Natasia, and Mattea are painters, not allowed to be public with their skill, but freed from the restrictions in their lives by their art. When a sixth member of their group, Lapaccia, goes missing, and is rumored to have stolen a much sought after painting before she vanished, the women must venture out into the dangerous streets to find their friend. They will have help from one of the most renowned painters of their era—the peaceful and kind Leonardo Da Vinci.

It is under his tutelage that they flourish as artists, and with his access that they infiltrate some of the highest, most secretive places in Florence, unraveling one conspiracy as they build another in its place.

About Donna Russo Morin

Donna Russo Morin is an award-winning author of historical fiction. Donna has dabbled as a model and actor, working on Showtime's Brotherhood and Martin Scorsese's The Departed. A graduate of the University of Rhode Island, Donna lives on the south shore of Rhode Island with her amazing partner, Carl. She is the proud mother of two sons, Devon and Dylan, her greatest works in progress.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Kate

Donna Russo Morin takes us on an irresistible headlong adventure in PORTRAIT OF A CONSPIRACY. When a ruthless assassination rocks Renaissance Florence to its core, a secret sisterhood of women artists band together to save one of their own from the bloody reprisals. Illicit plots, mysterious paintin......more

"Portrait of a Conspiracy" is the first book in a new series by Donna Russo Morin. It follows several women who yearn to be artists. Unfortunately because of the time they live in, the Renaissance in Florence, they cannot practice their art openly. A very public murder rocks their world and threaten......more

Goodreads review by Jenny

I was so excited to hear that Donna Russo Morin was embarking on a new mystery series featuring female artists and Leonardo da Vinci in Renaissance Italy. While I have liked some of her books better than others, she is always a must-read author for me, and I was not disappointed in this exciting fir......more

I was torn between giving 2 .5 or 3 stars to this one, so maybe, it is deserving of a 2.8? So, to sum up the plot, the story follows a group of women who, against to 15th century expectations of women, have formed their own "arts n' crafts club" where they express their passion for painting. Unfortun......more