The Romance of Leonardo da Vinci, the Forerunner

BOOK I

THE WHITE SHE-DEVIL--1494

'At Siena was discovered another statue of Venus, to the huge joy of the inhabitants. A great concourse, with much feasting and honour, set it up over the fountain called "Il Fonte Gaja," as an adornment....

'But great tribulation having come upon the land by reason of the Florentines, there arose one of the council, a...