A Tale of Paris & Paris: Echoes of Troy by Edmond Thornfield is an adult historical fantasy set primarily in fifteenth-century Cortona, Italy, a period defined by religious authority, political tension, and unspoken desire. The novel follows the intertwined lives caught between duty and longing, most notably Lorenzo di Ranieri, a Florentine soldier returning to […]
AS THE EPICENTER OF RADICAL HUMANISM AND ARTISTIC ENLIGHTENMENT, FLORENCE BECAME THE PARAMOUNT CRUCIBLE OF THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE. Independent thinkers broke free from the constraints of the preceding millennium. Against this backdrop, the following tale gives voice to the long-suppressed desires and identities of those who suffered the dominant assumption that heterosexuality is the default and
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IN THE LONG HISTORY OF WESTERN ART, THERE ARE PERHAPS A DOZEN MOMENTS WHEN A SINGLE ARTIST SO FUNDAMENTALLY altered the way human beings see that the world before and after their work are, in the deepest sense, different worlds. Donatello—born Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi in Fiorenza around 1386, known to his contemporaries
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A Tale of Paris and Paris: Echoes of Troy by Edmond Thornfield is set in fifteenth-century Cortona, where Lorenzo di Ranieri returns from Florence to a city under ecclesiastical scrutiny. Quiet warnings reach him that the Inquisition is preparing accusations meant to divide households and strip the town of power. Lorenzo uses his position in
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A TALE OF PARIS & PARIS: ECHOES OF TROY IS AN ADULT HISTORICAL FANTASY NOVEL THAT DOES NOT MERELY DEPICT THE PAST—it speaks from within it. Set against a backdrop of religious persecution and societal repression, it explores the lives of opposite- and same-gender couples striving to love and survive in a world determined to
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