When Pope Alexander dispatches a Vatican courtesan, Damiata, to the remote fortress city of Imola to learn the truth behind the murder of his most beloved illegitimate son, she cannot fail, for the scheming Borgia pope holds her own son hostage. When Damiata becomes a pawn in the political intrigues of the pope's surviving son, she enlists obscure Florentine diplomat Niccolò Machiavelli and eccentric military engineer Leonardo da Vinci to help decipher the clues. (Bestseller)
- ISBN10 0385536321
- ISBN13 9780385536325
- Publish Date 11 September 2012 (first published 1 January 2012)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Anchor Books
- Format eBook
- Pages 271
- Language English