by Jack Dann
Dann, Jack. The memory cathedral: a secret history of Leonardo da Vinci, New York : Bantam Books, 1995.Format: eBook (PDF, ePub or in browser from Internet Archive) - Source TROVE
The Memory Cathedral is the secret history of artist, adventurer, traveler, inventor, and lover - Leonardo da Vinci. This multi-layered and expansive historical fantasy fiction novel by Jack Dann is based on Leonardo’s own notebooks and takes place in 1400s Florence of Lorenzo de Medici and Persia. From his deathbed, Leonardo da Vinci recalls his youth and the flying machine he designed. Jack Dann offers his own version of an unknown gap in da Vinci's life. What if Leonardo’s didn't stop with his designs? What if he actually built and flew his machine? Dann brings “the world of the Renaissance Mediterranean vividly to life” (Booklist). “Historical facts and conjectures are seamlessly woven together with a cast of Renaissance Who's Who” (Kirkus Reviews). Joint winner of the 1996 Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction.
Awards
1997 shortlisted Ditmar Awards - Best Australian Long Fiction
1996 joint winner Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction - Fantasy Division - Best Novel Joint winner with Sara Douglass's two novels, Starman and Enchanter.
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