Scimitar - Couverture souple

Raybould, Robin

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0615433162 ISBN 13 : 9780615433165

Editeur : Tetrabiblion Books, 2011

Synopsis

The date is 1439 and Eduardo Ferrucci, a young Italian working in a bookshop in Florence, is unwittingly trapped in a conspiracy by agents of foreign powers. He is banished to Constantinople by the Florentine authorities and forced to spy on the Greeks. The Turkish forces have surrounded the city and are on the verge of invading Europe. SCIMITAR follows the life and loves of Ferrucci in the dangerous world during the last days of the Eastern Roman Empire, his eventual betrayal, his part in the great siege of the city by the Turks in 1453, his subsequent role as ambassador for the Turkish Sultan back in Florence and his final revenge on those who had betrayed him many years earlier. But Ferrucci's first love was always books and during his exile In Constantinople he makes time to search for the remains of a secret text, part of which he had found in a Greek codex in Florence. Finally, after many years, he discovers and deciphers the whole text and is able to locate documents which have a decisive influence on the history of Renaissance culture. This edition includes an introduction by the translator describing the discovery of the original manuscript of this story as well as a transcription of one of the documents found by Ferrucci.

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À propos de l?auteur

Robin Raybould is a specialist in the symbolic literature of the European Renaissance and in this book he has brought together many of his interests in the field. He lives and works in New York City.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Tetrabiblion Books
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0615433162
• ISBN 13: 9780615433165
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 372
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• Personne responsable: non disponible