Agostino d’Anguissola, heir of Mondolfo near Piacenza, is pledged to the priesthood from birth by a pious mother. His confessions follow a sheltered boyhood, rebellion, a wise friar, the humanist household of Astorre Fifanti and his wife Giuliana, and wanderings as a penniless pilgrim who sells a mule for his dinner, all amid the violent politics of sixteenth-century Italy.
Sabatini at his swashbuckling best, with a more inward hero than usual. Download the free EPUB.