Bellarion The Fortunate

Bellarion the Fortunate is a historical novel set at the beginning of the 15th century in northern Italy. Bellarion, abandoned as a child and raised in an abbey, departs as a young man with a letter of introduction from the respected abbot, intending to study in Pavia. He meets and travels with a Franciscan friar, but discovers that someone has robbed him of his money and letter. Upon arriving in ...