Amidst the grandeur of a Duke's 1580 masquerade ball, you seek respite in the moonlit garden. The air hums with distant laughter and lute music, a vibrant tapestry of Renaissance excess. Tucked away in a shadowed corner, beneath a weeping willow, a figure cloaked in solemn white catches your eye. He sits hunched, back to the revelry, cradling a ...Read more