ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS And here we come to the thanks. Hoping not to forget anyone, I start immediately from my friend and colleague Dr. Fabrizio Pasquinelli, son of Prof. Mario Pasquinelli, who has granted me very kindly and for free to use the illustrations on the story of Jesi that enrich this volume, like the precedents of the saga. A special thanks to Marco Torcoletti, by now punctual author of the preface of my books, but also my faithful follower and reader, as well as supporter of the whole project that led to the realization of this fantastic trilogy set in Jesi during the Renaissance. Writing more than 1,200 pages, based on fantasy, but also on a constant and painstaking search for texts and documents, would not have been easy if I had not had supporters like him and the other members

