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To Lie With Lions Chapter 16

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Plot Summary

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Dates

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October 1471, one day or more after TLWL 15<ref>Not the same day, since in TLWL 15 Julius had “been waiting a long time” for Jan Adorne (Vintage p. 192; Kindle loc. 4097). In this chapter, Jan Adorne “spent half the day” (Vintage p. 196; Kindle loc. 4164) on other business before arriving at Bessarion’s reception. When Julius returns from the reception, it is late afternoon, since “the sun [was] weak and low” (Vintage p. 204; Kindle loc. 4343). This should still be October, since the reception was Bessarion’s “ritual welcome to the Florentine embassy” (in TLWL 15: Vintage p. 187; Kindle loc. 3989-90), which arrived before 3 Oct., when Donato Acciajuoli delivered an oration (Ludwig von Pastor, The History of the Popes, Vol. 4: From the Close of the Middle Ages (1894), p. 216n.). However, Anna’s arrival the same day as the reception might suggest a later date, since she had been planning to come to Rome “for Christmas” (in TLWL 7: Vintage p. 90; Kindle loc. 2166) or “before Christmas” (in TLWL 15: Vintage p. 192; Kindle loc. 4105).</ref>

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Literature

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Quotes from Dunnett

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Cardinal Bessarion reflects on Nicholas’s habit of hiding his learning and erudition: “Once, perhaps, the reticence had been rooted in shyness, but that was true no longer; the man was disarming in converse, conveying all he wished to convey, with some wit. Perhaps the habit of self-distrust in personal matters was hard to break, once ingrained. Perhaps he feared , as often happened, that in saying something, he might not be able to prevent himself saying too much. Or perhaps, since he came from humble beginnings, he had discovered early the secret of a kind of contentment, and preferred to float through life on this familiar raft, rather than plumb below, and risk finding turmoil and pain, or a mission which his mind or his soul could not abandon. Such a man would act like this and, seeking justification, would make himself a false purpose, creating an earthquake out of a sneeze, and a burning wound from the scratch of a fingernail. He had seen it happen, in women as often as men, and it never ceased to exasperate him with its waste. He had never found a solution.” (Vintage p. 194; Kindle loc. 4134-41)

Controversies

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Previous/Next

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TLWL 15 / TLWL 17

References

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