Firstborn: A Novel of Leonardo da Vinci

In 15th century Tuscany, Leonardo da Vinci is a boy snared by the past and caught between two families. His first taste of a father's authority comes when he is seized from his mother and taken to Vinci by a stranger, a man named Ser Piero, his father. Leonardo tries to run away only to realize he must accept the conditions set forth by the man who has the power to decide his fate.
An unexpected day arrives when Leonardo must choose between his parents: He can return to live with his beloved...