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THE DREAM OF THE CARRARESI

Padua capital (1350-1406)

An essay that re-examines the figures of Francesco il Vecchio and Francesco Novello da Carrara, their vision, the adventure of an entire city in the light of an entirely new interpretative key. For the first time, fourteenth-century Padua is examined within the geostrategy of the time, weighing on the one hand the ambitions and on the other the forces available. The result is surprising, leading to a re-evaluation of the last two Lords of Carrara and their choices: bold, without doubt, but not at all utopian and in many ways inevitable.
Intelligent and valiant on a personal level, cultured and cunning, of unquestionable courage even in the face of death, tragic with even epic traits for both, Francesco il Vecchio and Francesco Novello are here saved from the singular oblivion to which they have been condemned. Above all, they are given back the dimension of great statesmen as they were. They had bad luck but, perhaps, for this very reason they are even more worthy of remembrance and reflection.

Author Biography

Federico Moro was born in Padua, but lives and works in Venice. Of classical and historical formation, he intersperses research and literary, nonfiction and theatrical writing. He is a member of the Italian Society of Classical Culture and the Italian Society of Military History. Non-fiction: "Venice at War" (2005), "Hercules and the Lion" (2008), "Doge's Labyrinth" (2011), "Angelo Emo" (2012), "Heptanese" (2012), "Wonderful Venice" (2014), "Venice last beach" (2014), "Santo Stefano, Venetian Gothic" (2014). Novels: "Donne all'Asta" (2002), "L'Oro e l'Argento" (2005), "Il Fulmine e il Ciclamoro" (2007), "Flagellum Dei? (2008), . Theatrical performances: "Fra Terra e Acqua" (2005), "Lo scudo di pietra" (2005), "Giganti, viaggio in Utopia" (2010), "Parole di pietra" (2012). For Helvetia he has published: "La voce della Dea" (2003), "Storie a pelo d'acqua" (2004); "La custode dei segreti" (2005), "Il coraggio degli Antichi Veneti" (2012). www.federicomoro.it.