Check out this post from the Lit World Interviews blog with a review of the book, Love That Moves the Sun: Vittoria Colonna and Michelangelo Buonarroti, by Linda Cardillo.
Love That Moves the Sun: Vittoria Colonna and Michelangelo Buonarroti
Linda Cardillo
Synopsis
He was the genius of his age; revered sculptor, painter, architect and poet; fiercely devoted friend; beleaguered artist to the popes; and a pilgrim in search of an elusive redemption.
She was a celebrated poet; dutiful daughter; adoring yet betrayed wife; powerful political voice; spiritual seeker; suspected heretic; and the only woman Michelangelo ever loved.
Review
LOVE THAT MOVES THE SUN is not a simple Historical Romance, or love story. Yes, you have a telling of the friendship that the poet and what I would call a religious/social activist, Vittoria Colonna and the great artist Michelangelo shared, albeit it in a somewhat different manner, but who is to say what is what.
This is a book for every person that wants to learn about strong and influential women in Europe in the 1500s. The well described settings…
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