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This gargantuan epic retrofits 1537 Venice into New Age duds. The Icelander Erik Hakkonen arrives in Mainz to serve the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire as bodyguard and tutor to the Emperor's promiscuous nephew, Prince Manfred. The unlikely pair sojourn to Venice, with the twin aim of whetting the Prince's prodigious sexual appetite and preparing for the Emperor's politically motivated trip there. Sorcerers, shapeshifters, and mages await them in this straightforward, heavily-researched alternate fantasy
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