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Florence, 1557. Lucrezia, the youngest daughter of Cosimo I de' Medici, recently lost her sister and tries to soothe her grief through art. And her father agrees to marry the ruler of Ferrara, Modena and Reggio on her behalf. Thus, the social lion, his own in the company of artists and musicians, the ruthless politician Alfonso II d'Este marries an underage girl instead of a dead one. It is now Lucretia's duty to give birth to the heir of the d'Este dynasty. And no matter how noble she is, the future of the young duchess hangs in the balance