Salai: A Short Story of Leonardo da Vinci

By Anne Hendricks

Many do not know the story of Leonardo da Vinci's early years and even fewer know of his foster son. What made an artist take interest in a peasant boy? History says it was for modeling or even, a sexual relationship. I have taken my research and allowed my imagination to take flight on the real relationship. Learn more about the great artist - and his foster son - and how a Great Master changed a life forever.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Anne Hendricks
• Release date: Sep 27, 2015

Anne Hendricks

A former librarian, I am now working on the art of short stories, in both satire and humor, as well as historical and creative. I look for things in history few know about, but allows room for my imagination to interpret the "what if" for a story. I am currently finishing my debut novel, A WOMAN'S CHOICE, a Catholic contemporary romance that tackles the controversial subject of Post Abortion Stress Syndrome. I shelved books as a librarian for sixteen years....Now it is my turn to write. Come dream with me. Thanks!

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Salai

A Short Story of Leonardo da Vinci

By Anne Hendricks

Dedication:

For Caterina: a mother often thought of as opportunistic or absent, but perhaps, indeed, a woman that carved her own destiny – and gave us greatness through her son.

I cannot get him to confess although I am certain he is guilty, the old man read in his notebooks from years before. It was now 1518 and the years had passed quickly. He sat back, baffled and amused. Had the lad been as bad as he had written? Was he the overindulgent foster father to a peasant lad that needed a home and opportunity? Continuously, repeatedly, the boy he had taken into his home had stolen – or lied – or cheated. He also was very stubborn, often