Moral assessment:
Type: Literature
Nothing inappropriate.
Some morally inappropriate content.
Contains significant sections contrary to faith or morals.
Contains some lurid passages, or presents a general ideological framework that could confuse those without much Christian formation.
Contains several lurid passages, or presents an ideological framework that is contrary or foreign to Christian values.
Explicitly contradicts Catholic faith or morals, or is directed against the Church and its institutions.
The narrator, who is also the main character, is a young nobleman, who lost his inheritance and status, and nearly his life, and is forced by his enemy, the tyrant of Pesaro, to serve him as a court jester under the fictional name of 'Boccadoro'. Luckily enough, after being driven out of Pesaro, he is employed as a secret messenger by no one else than Cesare Borgia, Cardinal of Valencia, and entrusted with a mission to return to Pesaro with letters to Lucrezia Borgia, who is the wife of the tyrant. The fast-paced story revolves around adventure, mystery, romance and the quick wits of Boccadoro, who shows himself to be resolved and valiant at need.
J.C.F. (2013)