Niccolo and Damiata, working in close contact, begin to tempt fate in their undeniable attraction for one another. Niccolo and Damiata pursue the path of the killer or killers along with da Vinci. Leonardo da Vinci, scientist, engineer, architect and artist, attempts to solve the murders and introduces his map of Imola, the first map ever, made of precise measurements. The novel expounds on the political machinations of Valentino and his ruthless rivals as the plot intertwines around the serial murders of young women. In Imola, Damiata meets Leonardo da Vinci and Niccolo Machiavelli, the emissary of Florence, appointed to the court of Duke Valentino, Cesare Borgia. Damiata, a Roman courtesan, bargains with Pope Alexander VI (Rodrigo Borgia), for the life of her son five year old, Giovanni, as she agrees to Borgia’s strict conditions in helping him discover the murderer of his favored son, Juan Borgia, Duke of Gandia.įollowing Borgia’s design, Damiata travels to Imola, with her adopted daughter, Camilla. “The Malice of Fortune”, an intriguing murder mystery, begins in the year, 1502, during the Renaissance, and takes place in Rome, and the redoubt of Imola Italy. Ennis previously published two historical novels, “The Duchess of Milan”, and the “Byzantium”, and writes for the “Texas Monthly”. Michael Ennis, award winning writer and author of non-fiction, published his third historical novel, “The Malice of Fortune”, in 2012.
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