Beatrice Cenci had often been portrayed as a victim of a horrifying action.
If you are familiar with her story, you will be surprised by the accountings of this book.
Fremantle masterfully portrays Cenci as a complex, determined, resilient character who is hard fully grasp.
This was one of the most powerful writing I have read in a historical novel in a while.
I understand Fremantle's perspective on evidence and I was not able to predict Cenci's trajectory.
Though, if the myth is not a myth, and if the evidence is incorrect, I am glad that side was told by artists such as Percy Shelley.
Why not hear another perspective?

Craft 5 and more stars. It is so wonderful that I cannot stop thinking about it.
Plot and characterisation 4.5 stars.