How many times, she wondered, had she woven together cloth that his sword had then torn apart along with the flesh underneath?
The year is 1136, the place Tropea, a walled sea town in Southern Italy during the Norman domination.
Kallyna d'Argira, a master of the arts of the loom who can turn the world into silk thread, is pledged in marriage by her father to Raimo Trani, a man she hates. After a sudden tragedy leaves her at Raimo's mercy, into her life comes Dalibor d'Hancourt, the Norman knight sent by King Roger of Hauteville to be the new governor of Tropea, a man...
How many times, she wondered, had she woven together cloth that his sword had then torn apart along with the flesh underneath?
Quante volte, si chiese, aveva tessuto assieme stoffa che la sua spada aveva poi spaccato a metaassieme alla carne che essa ricopriva?
Siamo a Tropea nell'anno 1136, durante la dominazione normanna di Re Ruggero II d'Altavilla.
Kallyna d'Argira, maestra del telaio la cui arte sa trasformare il mondo in filo di seta, e promessa in matrimonio dal padre a Raimo Trani, un uomo che lei detesta. Dopo che un'improvvisa tragedia la lascia in balia di Raimo, la sua esistenza s'intreccia con quella di Dalibor d'Hancourt, governatore normanno di Tropea, che come lei e oppresso...
Quante volte, si chiese, aveva tessuto assieme stoffa che la sua spada aveva poi spaccato a metaassieme alla carne che essa ricopriva?
In 1511 a Spanish ship en route from the island of Hispaniola sank off the coast of Yucatan near the town of Tulum. The survivors were captured by the Maya; these were the first white men ever to set foot on the mainland of the American continent, and the first white men the Maya had ever seen.
Among the castaways was Gonzalo Guerrero, a sailor from Palos. After he was captured, he lived among the Maya as a slave for three years. He then escaped from his master and sought the protection of Lord Nachancan, ruler of Chetumal in Belize,...
One man. An extraordinary choice.
In 1511 a Spanish ship en route from the island of Hispaniola sank off the coast of Yucatan near ...
"Would you say you were loved by the right people at the right time in the right way and for the right reasons?"
Michael Holmes and Nora Savins stepped into the ornate atrium of the Department of Vital Privileges and looked up at the life-size marble statue of the Founding Father, a smiling young man who held in his hand an ancient movie script rolled into a scroll.
"Keanu Reeves," Michael said reverentially, "with his quote from Parenthood: You need a license to drive, you need a license to fish, you need a license to own a dog, but they will let any moron be a...
"Would you say you were loved by the right people at the right time in the right way and for the right reasons?"
