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Orphaned and alone, Lucy Raymond dreams of love with a man
who can't possibly exist. A young woman has few
opportunities to earn a living in Florence in 1816, so she
pretends to be a castrato in order to work in an art
gallery. Sometimes she sheds her disguise and explores the
city in skirts, just another English tourist. One Sunday
she meets Vido Buonarroti, handsome and charming enough to
tempt a saint to perdition. When he teaches her how much
better than dreams life can be, she begins to believe in
love for all time. Until she learns his secret...
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