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DEBUT Melanson offers a dreamlike and reflective look at three well-known figures in Renaissance Florence before they were famous: a 12-year-old Leonardo da Vinci; wealthy Lorenzo de' Medici, who is about to join the family business; and novice Francesco Salviati (who would later become the archbishop of Pisa and attempt to overthrow the Medicis). As the deeply ambitious young men cross paths in Florence, their motives clash, and blood is shed. The...Log In or Sign Up to Read More