Title: The malice of fortune
Description: Machiavelli and Leonardo da Vinci team up to expose a serial killer when Pope Alexander dispatches a Vatican courtesan to discern the truth about his beloved illegitimate son's murder. Their investigation reveals the secret history behind the controversial political work, "The Prince."
Subjects: Courtesans, Crimes against, Fiction, Serial killers, Illegitimacy, Serial murderers, Illegitimate children, History, Fiction, mystery & detective, historical, Leonardo, da vinci, 1452-1519, fiction, Italy, fiction
Places: Italy
People: Alexander VI Pope (1431-1503), Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527), Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)
Time periods: 16th century