Scimitar The Book: The life, loves and heroic exploits of Eduardo Ferrucci and his lasting contributions to the European Renaissance during the Turkish wars of the fifteenth century.

The author Robin Raybould pictured at his ease in Istanbul

The Studiolo of the Duke of Urbino is at present in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

Initial chapter letters forming part of a secret message from a Renaissance book published in 1499.

The Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence..

Constantinople at the end of the Byzantine era.

An engraving of the Hippodrome from De ludis circensibus by Onofrio Panvinio (Venice, 1600) showing the view in about 1453.

The remains of the Temple of Athena in Tegea showing the platform upon which Eduardo Ferrucci sat to ponder the riddle.

The Despot's Palace in Mistra showing the view below the city.

The Sultan Mehmet II painted by a follower of Bellini.

A photograph of the Acropolis in Athens showing a tower erected by the Frankish rulers.

PART I
The date is 1439. Eduardo Ferrucci has recently arrived from Ferrara where the remainder of his family died of the plague and has found a job in the Libreria Patrizzi.
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PART II
After a final speech from the Emperor, realizing that their last day had likely come, many of the inhabitants of the city gather in the Church of St. Sophia
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PART III
After the siege Ferrucci is captured and because of his familiarity with Florence, he is chosen by the Sultan to lead a good-will delegation to Florence
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"'Scimitar' is a fine addition to general fiction and is very highly recommended." – Midwest Book Reviews
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