Lent - Jo Walton
Category: Novel
Narrator: Will Damron
Tags: Novel, Fantasy, Adults, Historical Fiction
From Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy Award-winning Jo Walton comes a magical re-imagining of the man who remade 15th-century Florence - in all its astonishing strangeness., Young Girolamos life is a series of miracles., Its a miracle that he can see demons, plain as day, and that he can cast them out with the force of his will. Its a miracle that hes friends with Pico della Mirandola, the Count of Concordia. Its a miracle that when Girolamo visits the deathbed of Lorenzo the Magnificent, the dying Medici is wreathed in celestial light, a surprise to everyone, Lorenzo included. Its a miracle that when Charles VIII of France invades northern Italy, Girolamo meets him in the field, and convinces him to not only spare Florence but also protect it. Its a miracle than whenever Girolamo preaches, crowds swoon. Its a miracle that, despite the Popes determination to bring young Girolamo to heel, hes still on the looseand, now, running Florence in all but name., Thats only the beginning. Because
