Leonardo's Swans (50 page)

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This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, organizations, places, events, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

Frontispiece:
Leda and the Swan
, School of Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519); courtesy of Réunion des Musées Nationaux / Art Resource, NY

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Essex, Karen.

Leonardo’s swans: a novel / by Karen Essex.—1st ed.

p.  cm.

1. Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452–1519—Fiction. 2. Italy—History—1492–1559—Fiction. 3. Artists’ models—Fiction. 4. Sibling rivalry—Fiction. 5. Milan (Italy)—Fiction. 6. Sisters—Fiction. 7. Artists—Fiction. I. Title.

PS3555.S682L46 2006

813'.54—dc22      2005048468

Copyright © 2006 by Karen Essex

All Rights Reserved

eISBN: 978-0-385-51766-9

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