Das Borgia-Porträt

A decaying palace in Venice, an erotic portrait of Lucrezia Borgia, and a young Englishwoman with a dark family history. Lizzie Hawker has inherited the rundown 'Ca' Scacchi' in Dorsoduro. Retired archivist Arnold Clover is there to advise her. Soon, they encounter more than just legal hurdles: such as a skeleton in a crypt and a mysterious document that is said to have been written by Casanova himself. This presents them with puzzles that lead the mismatched pair through labyrinthine canal systems and dark secret chambers to a lost treasure of art. But they are not the only ones hunting for the portrait of Borgia, which has fascinated generations of men. Greed, betrayal, historical myths in the lagoon city.