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Book SynopsisA considerable work of assimilative scholarship and common sense...races along merrily.—The Boston Globe
A lively biography of the high genius of the renaissance, Leonardo da Vinci
French writer Serge Bramly's classic work of biography portrays Leonard da Vinci as a genius torn by inner conflicts. Using contemporary sources including Leonardo's notebooks and annotated erotic drawings, he presents a complete portrait of the man as well as his genius.
Trade Review"A considerable work of assimilative scholarship and common sense...races along merrily."
—The Boston Globe."Bramly has dusted off the primary sources to make da Vinci a startlingly prescient, relevant figure in this exceptional biography."
-- Publishers Weekly"French novelist and biographer Bramly offers the image of a gifted, methodical, rational, emotionally simple craftsman whose personal life remains wrapped in mysteries—some intentional and others, such as the loss of his grave and many of his works, the results of time and circumstance."
-- Kirkus ReviewsTable of ContentsA circle of mirrors; lovable as a love child; artium mater; fear and desire; dispero; pen and penknife; thoughts turn to hope; the absolute man; laurels and tempests; like a well-filled day; the traces.
