Ever-loyal Maddalena, a diminutive, blue-eyed, black slave, has borne Cosimo de Medici a son and seen him rise to the position of cardinal. Now, late in life, she finds herself committed to a convent, as part of a scheme to protect the Medici Bank from ruin by Cosimo's sons, by hiding a fortune in gold for Cosimo's grandson, Lorenzo, to inherit. But as the months go by, and the gold does not appear, her faith in Cosimo begins to wane and with it, her confidence in her own worth. Has she been duped?
- ISBN10 1632208814
- ISBN13 9781632208811
- Publish Date 1 September 2015 (first published 26 June 2013)
- Publish Status Active
- Imprint Skyhorse Publishing
- Format eBook
- Pages 206
- Language English