This is the story of the Renaissance, but not as you know it. Discover overlooked and silenced women from this extraordinary moment in history and how they forged opportunities for creativity, community and resistance.

From the bedchamber to the court, they give us an intimate window into what life was really like - and hold a mirror up to our contemporary obsession with how we look.

A Waterstones Best Book of 2023, a BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week, and a New York Times Editor's Pick.