Prologue
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This is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real places are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and events are products of the author’s imagination, and any resemblance to actual events, places, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
In the Renaissance period, when the arts thrived and beauty was immortalized, one woman stood out: Simonetta Vespucci. Not many remember her name, but many have seen her beauty. Her face has been prominently featured in paintings by the likes of Botticelli and quite possibly Piero di Cosimo. Despite the fame of her splendor, there is little knowledge of the woman emulated as Venus.
