by Valeria Montaldi · Rizzoli · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788817035668
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Parma, February 1248. After a devastating fire in the imperial camp of Frederick II of Swabia, a valuable manuscript on the art of falconry disappears. The emperor, fearing that the treatise's content might trigger accusations of heresy and disrupt the fragile balance with the Church, tasks his vicar, Ezzelino da Romano, with its recovery. The mission falls to Gualdo da Margnano, who, along with the young French miniaturist Simone da Aix, embarks on a dangerous quest filled with intrigue, riddles, and power struggles.
As Pope Innocent IV sends a ruthless inquisitor to seize the document, the protagonists must explore every corner of San Martino Castle. In this gripping historical novel, Valeria Montaldi weaves a plot of suspense where the fate of the manuscript is intertwined with the secrets of an era marked by war and ambition.
