John Florio (1552–1625), was an English linguist, poet, writer, translator, lexicographer, and royal language tutor at the Court of James I. He is recognised as the most important Renaissance humanist in England. He contributed 1,149 words to the English language, placing third after Chaucer (with 2,012 words) and Shakespeare (with 1,969 words). He was the first translator of Montaigne into English, the first translator of Boccaccio into English and he wrote the first comprehensive Italian–English dictionary.
A failed young writer, Mayson Jon, stumbles upon a retired schoolteacher with a secret: a lost manuscript that could rewrite history. Therefore, he’s catapulted from the quiet countryside of North Fly Jay to 1583 London, where John Florio and Giordano Bruno navigate political intrigue and foreign spies in the shadows of the French embassy. But, as Florio and Bruno form a bond over a dangerous creative ambition, their actions threaten to unravel history—and Mayson’s future along with it.
What death more sweet than die for love?
