| 1 | | | A Wild and Lonely Place |
| | Lucrezia | de' Medici | Duchess of Ferrara. aka: Lucre. |
| | Alfonso II | d'Este | Duke of Ferrara. |
| 2 | | | The Unfortunate Circumstances of Lucrezia's Conception |
| | Eleonora | | Cosimo's wife. |
| | Cosimo I | | Grand Duke of Tuscany. |
| | Sofia | | Eleonora's nurse. |
| | Maria | | Lucrezia's sister. |
| 3 | | | The First Tiger in Tuscany |
| | Vitelli | | Cosimo's adviser. |
| | Pietro | | Lucrezia's baby brother. |
| | Isabella | | One of Lucrezia's sisters. |
| | Francesco | | One of Lucrezia's brothers. |
| | Giovanni | | One of Lucrezia's brothers. |
| | Garzia | | One of Lucrezia's brothers. |
| | Ferdinando | | One of Lucrezia's brothers. |
| | Agamemnon | | A king of Mycenae. |
| | Achilles | | A hero of the Trojan War. |
| | Helen of Sparta | | The most beautiful woman in the world. |
| | Menelaus | | A Greek hero. |
| | Giorgio | Vasari | An Italian painter, architect, writer and historian. |
| 4 | | | Venison Baked in Wine |
| | Elisabetta | | Alfonso's sister. aka: Elisa. |
| | Dianora | | Pietro's wife to be. |
| 7 | | | Everything Changes |
| | Paolo Giordano | Orsini | Isabella's
fiancé. |
| 9 | | | Something Read in the Pages of a Book |
| | Henry I | | King of England. |
| 10 | | | Somewhere in the Darkness |
| | Emilia | | One of Lucrezia's maid. |
| | Clelia | | One of Lucrezia's maid. |
| 12 | | | Scorched Earth |
| | Leonello | Baldassare | Alfonso's good friend and adviser. |
| 13 | | | Man Asleep, Ruler at Rest |
| | Bronzino | | An Italian Mannerist painter. |
| 14 | | | A Curving Meander of the River |
| | Sebastiano | Filippi | An Italian painter. aka: II Bastianino. |
| 15 | | | Honey Water |
| | Renee | de France | Alfonso's mother. |
| | Michelangelo | | An Italian sculptor, painter, architect and poet. |
| | Hercules | | A hero of Greek and Roman mythology. |
| | Zeus | | The god of the sky in ancient Greek mythology. |
| | Jacopo | | One of II Bastianino's assistants. |
| | Maurizio | | One of II Bastianino's assistants. |
| 17 | | | Sisters of Alfonso II, Seen from a Distance |
| | Nunciata | | One of Alfonso's sisters. aka: Nuncia. |
| | Anna | | One of Alfonso's sisters. |
| | Ercole | Contrari | The head of the guardsmen. |
| | Torquato | Tasso | An Italian poet. |
| | Luigi | | Alfonso's brother. |
