Diamond
Banned
Anyone ever read this?
It's pretty intriguing - told from the POV of Lodovico Ariosto, court poet of the Medici in Florence in the 1530s (who I believe was a real person). The book alternates between chapters where Ariosto is a hero of Italia Federata, helping his Cherokee allies against an eeeeevil wizard in North America, and chapters from his 'real' life - which also appears to be an alternate history. There is a strong, united Italian Federation, with a Medici as 'Primario'. Italy seems to have united voluntarily in 1518, but I'm not sure just why as yet; I'm only about a third into it...
Anyway, great book.
It's pretty intriguing - told from the POV of Lodovico Ariosto, court poet of the Medici in Florence in the 1530s (who I believe was a real person). The book alternates between chapters where Ariosto is a hero of Italia Federata, helping his Cherokee allies against an eeeeevil wizard in North America, and chapters from his 'real' life - which also appears to be an alternate history. There is a strong, united Italian Federation, with a Medici as 'Primario'. Italy seems to have united voluntarily in 1518, but I'm not sure just why as yet; I'm only about a third into it...
Anyway, great book.