Table of Contents
1534
Florence ~ Rome
Chapter 1 – Having Seen Your Face
Chapter 2 – Pulled from Seclusion
1500
Marino ~ Ischia
Chapter 3 – Exile
Chapter 4 – Freedom and Sanctuary
1534
Rome
Chapter 5 – Reawakening
Chapter 6 – An Intellectual and Spiritual Partnership
1501 – 1506
Ischia
Chapter 7 – A Father Returns
Chapter 8 – The Feast of St. John
1535
Ischia
Chapter 9 – A Mother’s Flight
1509
Ischia
Chapter 10 – “Marry me”
Chapter 11 – A Bride’s Radiance
1536
Ischia ~ Fondi ~ Rome
Chapter 12 – Conversations
Chapter 13 - Revelations
1512 – 1513
Pescara ~ Ischia ~ Ravenna ~ Ferrara
Chapter 14 – Waiting
Chapter 15 – A Lonely and Frightened Child
Chapter 16 – A Soldier Takes Command
Chapter 17 – Prisoner
1536
Rome
Chapter 18 – A Stranger’s Welcome
Meditation – Resuming the Journey
1512 - 1513
Ischia ~ Rome
Chapter 19 – A Warrior Returns
Chapter 20 – Mothers
Chapter 21 – Scholars, Poets, Historians and Artists
1536
Rome
Meditation – Becoming Michelangelo
1513 – 1521
Rome ~Ischia ~ Naples
Chapter 22 – “You Rescue Me with Your Words”
Chapter 23 – A Hero’s Homecoming
Chapter 24 – Encroaching Loneliness
1536
Rome
Meditation – A Sacred Meal
1521 – 1522
Ischia
Chapter 25 – A Mother’s Blessing
Chapter 26 – A Rough Passion
Chapter 27 – Love’s Imbalance
1536
Rome
Chapter 28 – “Let Your Suffering Pass to Me”
Chapter 29 – Vigil
1522 – 1525
Arpino ~ Rocca ~ Milan ~ Ischia
Chapter 30 – Solace and Apprehension
Chapter 31 – Betrayal
Chapter 32 – A Broken Man
1526 – 1529
Rome ~ Ischia ~ Bologna
Chapter 33 – Refuge
Chapter 34 – Visit from a Friend
Chapter 35 - A Promise Fulfilled
1537 – 1547
Ferrara ~ Rome ~ Orvieto ~ Viterbo
Chapter 36 – Pilgrim
Chapter 37 – Caritas
Chapter 38 – Flight
Chapter 39 – Spiritual Hunger
Chapter 40 – Inquisition
Epilogue –Without Her Spark
