Annamaria Ricci Barbato wrote: With a title and a cryptic cover severa, in cui campeggia un incuriosente medaglione spezzato, di quelli che sembrano fatti apposta per il riconoscimento fra spie o il ricongiungimento di due gemelli separati alla nascita, Alessandra Oddi Baglioni ha dato alle stampe, con i tipi della Volumnia Editrice, un libro che punta i riflettori su un personaggio rinascimentale, a torto sconosciuto ai più: “Astorre II Baglioni – Guerriero e letterato”. Un suo antenato, d’accordo, ma che fior d’antenato! Martire della difesa di Cipro, dove con un pugno di uomini resse mesi e mesi l’assedio degli Ottomani, consapevole di essere l’ultimo baluardo della Cristianità contro le orde di Selim Pascià – che combatteva in nome di Allah ma che had earned the nickname "Drunkard" - Astorre II is the perfect aristocrat, observing the religion of personal sacrifice and example, such essential elements of the leader. Alex goes to the merit of having been able to talk about the story in a story that the popular historiography and, in particular, the school has hastily put in the attic, leaving its depth of narrow circles of specialists. And instead, Astorre II deserves much more destiny. A man of diversified skills, famous warrior from the age greener, military architect of the Venetian Republic, shrewd and capable of looking back in tempo.Ma though, to discover Winding down the whole of life, I invite you to carefully read the book, written with a refined details, two flashes I get them volentieri.Il narrative center of gravity of the ego is in that locket divided in half, first to always wear Astorre II and her brother, Adrian, orphans of the murdered and betrayed Gentile Baglioni (a family feud of dynastic supremacy had decreed early termination), then our hero and the beautiful and intrepid wife, Geneva Salviati, nephew of the Medici, a personality appropriate for the conductor husband. It 'really strange that the voice-overs that curls the sequence of events is an object, made alive by the message of immortality that the rising above the human. A precious and symbolic of the Griffon adorned indicating the eponymous character proud and brave human being (or Astorre Goshawk is the other name of the mythical bird of prey). A character that is to rise from a tight angle of provincial noble, first in Rome and in Venice, leading roles and decisive autorevolezza.Se Astorre II, from the title, claiming the title role, I do not if you want to tell you, albeit in less exposed position, his wife Geneva is a really great character spessore.Se, a few months ago I sdilinquita for plurivedova Roman Fulvia, who - as he has in his wonderfully narrated Enzo Ciampi " Nothing but the body " - Was able to take up arms against Octavian to try to claim the lead role in Rome for her husband Mark Antony (in quite different soft busy affairs, including the sinuous arms of Cleopatra) and his dreams dashed in Perugia; Geneva Salviati (an affinity with that of Perugia there for her too), for volitività is not the exception. Of beauty and wonder, did the proverbial lap of the seven churches to equip a fleet that went to the rescue of besieged Cyprus. Faced with diplomacy, but also safely and with a Beghard Pope - then, quite misogynist -; a cousin hesitant (Cosimo de 'Medici, also a bit' of a marriage morganatic rintontolito that filled his retreat to little aristocratic in-laws), the Genoese thrift and end abruptly, with a coup de theater all female and a greek chorus of women with relatives besieged in Cyprus, the Venetian Doge and Senate in full force. It was just Venice, which, in theory, as the Lady of Cyprus, would scapicollarsi to rescue the besieged, the weight of shipments of aid. However, when Geneva was able to break the impasse, the days of Astorre II and the poor defenders of Famagusta turned at the end. Only a few weeks after their tragic end, the Holy League coalesced around the Pope and Don John of Austria (the flea in the ear but the Pope had they their creeping Geneva) brought the decisive victory of Lepanto. That extraordinary masterpiece of naval battle, for 500 years or so, Islam has taken away from the expansionist visionary dictated by fundamentalists. The human tragedy of Cyprus is described by the author with the greatest accoratezza, but also with measured words. It will be a feature throughout Umbria: endurance, a sense of duty. Astorre II is one sample. Geneva, blood and decisions worthy counterpart. Just like the two halves that fit together in a single medallion. http://www.facebook.com/inbox/readmessage.php?t=1065725663461 # / profile.php? Id = 1372348001 & ref = name
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