![]() ![]() This serves as a great introduction to a superb contemporary writer.įrom the first page, I knew I would enjoy this book. He really was invited by Bayezid to build a bridge but rejected, probably fearful of reprisals from Rome.Įnard weaves fact and fiction, history and fantasy, into a light, intruiging, evocative tapestry, full of interesting characters. He was being stiffed financially by the ruling powers and had had enough. In reality, Michealangelo did indeed flee the capital at this time. Here he draws, tours the great city and falls for a beautiful singer of indeterminate sex. ![]() Keen to eclipse his nemisis Leonardo Da Vinci, whose designs have already been rejected by the sultan, he heads for Constantinople. He is invited by the Great Turk, the sultan Bayezid II, to design a bridge across the Golden Horn. In this alternate history, it is 1506 and the great painter Michealangelo has fled Rome. I really like Enard, he always has something interesting to say about the mediterranean and the cultures of Europe and the Arab world. ![]()
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