Creation of a Saint. Hero

The novel "Creation of a Saint," based on "The History of Florence" by Niccolò Machiavelli, immerses the reader in the era of the medieval city – a time of political and financial intrigues of influential families, scandalous love affairs, and the amazing flourishing of science and art. Filippo Brandolini, who later becomes a venerated Catholic saint, lives a tumultuous life filled with political intrigues, duels, sensual pleasures, and temptations... But one day, the young man leaves worldly joys and passions for rags and prayer. James Parsons, wounded in war and decorated with awards, returns to his hometown. Who is he – a hero? Or a man who can no longer fit into peaceful life? Relatives, his beloved woman have stopped understanding him. And James himself seems to speak another language – the language of war, which has changed him so profoundly. What should he do? Try to break himself and become the old him? Or is there another way?