Its an older book, its about a woman who is a nun, a few centuries ago, and in one of the chapters she describes a snake tattoo she has al over her body, with a guy’s head as the snake’s head. And in the end of the book when the woman dies, they find out her boil that she has is fake, that she put it in herself to die…
or something like that but I cant remember! Please help :S
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The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant
Dunant, Sarah The Birth of Venus An enthralling and exciting historical novel of Renaissance Florence in the time of the fanatic monk, Savanarola. Thetale starts with the discovery of a beautiful snake with a man‘s face painted across and down the body of an old nun theyare preparing for burial. We go back over her life to understand how a nun would come by such an erotic tattoo. Thedaughter of a wealthy cloth merchant , she sought the freedom of marriage in order to paint, but finds that she may havebought her liberty at the cost of love and true fulfillmenthttp://74.125.93.132/search?q=cache%3AD1…
Alessandra fixates on the form of the snake tattooed on the man in the square, so much so that she has one tattooed on her own body–
In this arresting tale of art, love and betrayal in 15th-century Florence, the daughter of a wealthy cloth merchant seeks the freedom of marriage in order to paint, but finds that she may have bought her liberty at the cost of love and true fulfillment. Alessandra, 16, is tall, sharp-tongued and dauntingly clever. At first reluctant to agree to an arranged marriage, she changes her mind when she meets elegant 48-year-old Cristoforo, who is well-versed in art and literature. He promises to give her all the freedom she wants-and she finds out why on her wedding night. Her disappointment and frustration are soon overshadowed by the growing cloud of madness and violence hanging over Florence, nourished by the sermons of the fanatically pious Savonarola. As the wealthy purge their palazzos of “low” art and luxuries, Alessandra gives in to the dangerous attraction that draws her to a tormented young artist commissioned to paint her family’s chapel. With details as rich as the brocade textiles that built Alessandra’s family fortune, Dunant (Mapping the Edge; Transgressions; etc.) masterfully recreates Florence in the age of the original bonfire of the vanities
The Birth of Venus, i think.