Remember Alberto Mio, that joyous figment of my mind that had Albrecht Dürer, Cesare Borgia and Miquel de Corella meet in Venice, in the geopolitical hothouse that was the autumn of 1494? That first Venice trip of Dürer's has long been art historic lore yet it's not verifiable; he might not have gotten farther than Lago di Garda, that one time. Which didn't stop me from throwing him, Cesare, Micheletto, Giorgione, Bellini and assorted altri together for a chance encounter that would have, ahem, consequences.

( Dürer's 1505-1507 trip to Venice, however, is factual. )

Why am I telling you this?

Because, between the late summer of 1505 and late autumn of 1507, Miquel de Corella is in Florence, in the employ of the City. LOOK, I don't even have to invent this! Fact is: he's been caught, tortured, dragged before the Roman courts for a show trial, thrown into prison - and in the summer of 1506 he is in Florence, while Cesare still is in prison in Spain.

Fact.

Everything else? This all totally happened, too, in my mind. Yup.

I've been working on this tale since summer 2021, it's currently some 18K (which, for my writing habits and style, is pretty much Tolstoy-sized) and it's nowhere near finished, but if I don't start posting it soon I'll be going spare. With that, I give you...

Title: 'Il Vostro Cuore', the sequel to Alberto Mio, a work of as yet indeterminate length and quality.
Fandom: Renaissance RPF
Rating: Please heed ratings and warnings for individual chapters.
Characters: Albrecht Dürer, Miquel de Corella, Niccolò Machiavelli, Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino (so far)
Word count: w.i.p.
Summary: It is the summer of 1506, twelve years after the events in Alberto Mio, and times have changed: Cesare is in prison in Spain. Miquel is something not unlike alive. And Albrecht Dürer, an artist of renown, is in Italy again. He got it into his pretty curly-haired head to travel from Venice to Florence, for business and leisure.



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