Fortune's Fool

Fortune's Fool - Star-Cross'd

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Publisher's Synopsis

Italy, 1326. While the brilliant, wily young Cesco is schooled in his new duties at the hand of a hard master, Pietro Alaghieri travels to Avignon, current seat of the Papacy, to fight his excommunication and plead for Cesco's legitimacy. He's unaware that an old foe has been waiting for this chance to ruin Pietro's life and seize control of Verona for himself.

Separated from everyone he trusts, Cesco confronts his ambitious cousin, a mysterious murderer, and the Holy Roman Emperor himself. A harrowing series of adventures reveal a secret long hidden, one that threatens Cesco's only chance for true happiness.

Inspired by Shakespeare, Dante, and Petrarch, this Renaissance novel of intrigue and passion reflects the heights of drama, exploring the capricious whims of lady Fortune, who has her favorites - and her fools. Replete with swashbuckling adventure, unrequited love, and brutal treachery, this epic journey recalls the best of Bernard Cornwell, Sharon Kay Penman, and Dorothy Dunnett.

This is the large print edition of Fortune's Fool, with a larger font / typeface for easier reading.

Book information

ISBN: 9784867511206
Publisher: Next Chapter
Imprint: Next Chapter
Pub date:
DEWEY: FIC
Language: English
Number of pages: 1004
Weight: 1510g
Height: 234mm
Width: 156mm
Spine width: 57mm