KNYGA Sarah Dunant The Marchesa

Sarah Dunant is the bestselling author of The Birth of Venus. The Marchesa is a vibrant exploration of the Italian Renaissance through the character of Isabella d'Este, the first female art collector and patron of her time. Her famed collection has long since dispersed or been lost, but what remains is her correspondence - thousands of letters preserved in a deconsecrated church and convent in the archive of Mantua.