This lyrical, monstrously inventive novel, set in an imaginary Renaissance, features five characters who revolve in changing configurations: Henry an unwilling, fearful ruler; Diane, his beautiful, cunning mistress; Catherine, his sallow, despera...
The discovery of Magdalene--believed to be the American film star who had disappeared twenty years earlier--on an island in the Aegean, a haven for artists and writers, brings a wave of historians, filmmakers, spies, and scandalmongers to the island'...