Firenze, anno del Signore 1300. In una notte di metà luglio il priore Dante Alighieri viene chiamato in tutta fretta dal Bargello della città e condotto sul luogo di un delitto orrendo. Nel nuovo Palazzo dei Priori ancora in costruzione, tra le ali di un colossale carro allegorico a forma di aquila
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Giulio Leoni's second novel in his medieval literary thriller series featuring Prior Dante Aligheri.
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