A collection of letters hidden for almost a century is all that remains of the relationship between a restless noblewoman and a tormented painter, brought to passionate life in
this novel
Princess Vittoria Colonna met the Futurist painter Umberto Boccioni in June 1916. Their love affair was intense but briefon August 17, Boccioni died following a fall from his
horse. The last letter he had received from Vittoria was found in his wallet. Featuring a Roman princess, a major 20th-century artist, unbridled passion, World War I, and a tragic
accident, this fascinating story is full of romance and sweeping drama. Their letters provide the basis for not only a story of a great love, but also the portrait of a remote
world and time that the author has reconstructed in all its wonder.
