"The Game of Perspectives" is a gripping historical novel in letters. Set in the mid-16th century, during the Late Renaissance, the Mannerist painter Jacopo Pontormo is murdered in Florence, the cradle of the Renaissance. Giorgio Vasari, artist, historian, and confidant of the Duke of Florence, Cosimo I, takes up the investigation. Meanwhile, an obscene painting depicting the Duke's daughter, the young Marie de' Medici, is discovered in Pontormo's house, threatening a major scandal for the ruling family.

The novel takes place against the backdrop of a turning point: the celebration of the human spirit and nature gives way to aesthetic and ideological conservatism. Political intrigue, the Inquisition, conspiracies—in this turbulent atmosphere, Binet's characters write a captivating, heartfelt, and at times ironic story about power, creativity, and love.