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From Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy Award-winning Jo Walton comes Lent , a magical re-imagining of the man who remade fifteenth-century Florenceβin all its astonishing strangeness
Young Girolamoβs life is a series of miracles. Itβs a miracle that he can see demons, plain as day, and that he can cast them out with the force of his will. Itβs a miracle that heβs friends with Pico della Mirandola, the Count of Concordia. Itβs a miracle that when Girolamo visits the deathbed of Lorenzo βthe Magnificent,β the dying Medici is wreathed in celestial light, a surprise to everyone, Lorenzo included. Itβs 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. Itβs a miracle than whenever Girolamo preaches, crowds swoon. Itβs a miracle that, despite the Popeβs determination to bring young Girolamo to heel, heβs still on the looseβ¦and, now, running Florence in all but name. Thatβs only the beginning. Because Girolamo Savanarola is not who β or what β he thinks he is. He will discover the truth about himself at the most startling possible time. And this will be only the beginning of his many lives. *"Rendered with Walton's usual power and beauty...It's this haunting character complexity that ultimately holds the reader captive to the tale." βN. K. Jemisin,New York Times , on * My Real Children
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Young Girolamo's life is a series of miracles. It's a miracle that he can see demons, plain as day, and that he can cast them out with the force of his will. It's a miracle that he's friends with Pico della Mirandola, the Count of Concordia. It's a miracle that when Girolamo visits the deathbed of L