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By Paul Hirons 3.0 out of 5 star rating
There’s just something about medieval dramas set in Italy that TV people just can’t stay away from. Maybe it’s the whispered plotting in candlelit corridors, the industrial-level lust for power, or the gorgeous opulence of the era that attracts them. Or perhaps it’s the tunic-ripping, bodice-popping rumpy-pumpy that is a given in these period dramas that makes them such sure-fire hits.
Most recently, Medici and The Borgias have explored these themes, and now Amazon Prime jumps onto the Renaissance gondola with this eight-part series chronicling the life of arguably the period’s most famous figure – Leonardo da Vinci.