#1 – The Cardinal’s Sword
Flavio Sabatini returns to Corneto in the Papal States with a reputation formed by piracy, soldiering and service as a condottiere. Italy is divided by the Western Schism and by rival cities whose alliances shift around papal power, money and military force. As factional war threatens…
#2 – The Fight for Florence
In 1402, Florence faces the advance of Milanese power under the Duke of Milan, while the politics of the papacy and the rivalries of the Italian states make loyalty difficult to judge. Flavio Sabatini is sent into Florence as soldier, agent and reluctant protector of a…