THE MEDICI BOY

The worlds of art, politics and passion collide in John L'Heureux's masterful new novel, THE MEDICI BOY. With rich composition, L'Heureux ingeniously transports the reader to Donatello's Renaissance Italy -- directly into his workshop, as witnessed through the eyes of Luca Mattei, a devoted assistant to Donatello. John L'Heureux's long-awaited novel delivers both a monumental and intimate narrative of the creative genius, Donatello, at the height of his powers. With incisive detail, L'Heureux beautifully renders the master sculptor's forbidden homosexual passions, and the artistry that enthralled the powerful and highly competitive Medici and Albizzi families. The finished work is a sumptuously detailed historical novel that delves deeply into both the sacred and the profane within one of the Italian Renaissance's most consequential cities, fifteenth century Florence.