There was a time when Federico da Montefeltro did not always have to be portrayed from the left. Few know the lord of Urbino before 1451, when he lost an eye in a joust. And ‘Federico’s carousel’, the latest book by Umberto Piersanti, Affinità Elettive editore, on sale in Urbino bookshops since yesterday, was presented in the Urbino capital, which favored its creation and included in the ‘Quaderni di Atena’ series ‘. “With this book, which is part of a successful series that Urbino Capoluogo dedicates to the Montefeltro – said Giorgio Londei – Piersanti confirms himself not only as a great poet, but also as a great writer, in a city that saw Carlo Bo and Paolo Volponi elevate it to the highest peaks of European culture”.
In the novel you can breathe the air of that moment: “The episode of Federico’s wounding – said Piersanti – has always involved me: the count could easily have been in the stands, yet he participated in the jousting with the risks involved. He fought with Guidangelo de’ Ranieri, the best of the knights, in front of his subjects I inserted various characters, some real, some imaginary, for a Renaissance fresco in my style which culminates in the tournament in which the profile of the future duke will become the icon that we all still recognize at first sight today.”
Thu. Vol.
