Scott Mariani

AcknowledgementsMany people have been involved in the process of developing this project from a tiny idea into the book that it is now. You are too many to name, but you know who you are - and sincerest thanks to all of you.Special thanks to Maxine Hitchcock, Keshini Naidoo and all the...

Prologue Italy October 1986 The old woman was alone that night, just as she had lived alone in her rambling country house near Cesenafor many years. She'd spent the evening in her studio, as she did most evenings, surrounded by her precious paintings and her beautiful things, putting the final...