CHAPTER 19
Do not buy the house: buy the neighbor!
(Ancient Turkish proverb)
August was now late and the sultriness, approaching the Adriatic coast, was felt more and more, making clothes stick to the skin in a way that Andrea could not tolerate. The new mission the Duke Della Rovere had entrusted to him made him even more agitated, causing an increase in sweating, which made him more and more uncomfortable, in a vicious circle in which he could no longer suppress his anger.
«I don’t understand, Gesualdo, I don’t understand at all! We could have attacked the province of Arezzo, we could have certain successes against the Medici who are now without papal protection. With our men we had already arrived beyond Borgo Pace, we had in our hands the Municipality of Sestino, the whole mountain
