Karen Essex

Praise for Leonardo's Swans

Brilliantly captures the turbulent years of late 15th-century Italy as seen through the eyes of the bold and beguiling d'Este sisters, whose lives and fates were inextricably woven into the political tapestry of tho ...

Bookpage

A wild yarn about sexual politics and the struggle for immortality

Harper's Bazaar

Privileged sisters compete over men, attention, and the chance to be immortalized on canvas by Leonardo da Vinci, in this instantly absorbing tale

Redbook Magazine

Brilliantly captures the turbulent years of late 15th-century Italy as seen through the eyes of the bold and beguiling d'Este sisters, whose lives and fates were inextricably woven into the political tapestry of tho ...

Bookpage

A wild yarn about sexual politics and the struggle for immortality

Harper's Bazaar

Privileged sisters compete over men, attention, and the chance to be immortalized on canvas by Leonardo da Vinci, in this instantly absorbing tale

Redbook Magazine

Brilliantly captures the turbulent years of late 15th-century Italy as seen through the eyes of the bold and beguiling d'Este sisters, whose lives and fates were inextricably woven into the political tapestry of tho ...

Bookpage

A wild yarn about sexual politics and the struggle for immortality

Harper's Bazaar

Privileged sisters compete over men, attention, and the chance to be immortalized on canvas by Leonardo da Vinci, in this instantly absorbing tale

Redbook Magazine