The Poet Prince -- Kathleen McGowan

<i>The Son of Man shall choose<br>When the time returns for the Poet Prince.<br>He will inspire the hearts and minds of the people<br>So as to illuminate the path of service<br>And show them the Way.<br>This is his legacy, <br>This, and to know a very great love.</i> <p/> <br>Worldwide controversy surrounds author Maureen Paschal as she promotes her new bestseller--the explosive account of her discovery of a gospel written in Jesus' own hand. But a scandalous headline about her lover, B renger Sinclair, shatters Maureen's plans and sends her to Florence. In Tuscany, Maureen and B renger seek out their spiritual teacher Destino, who insists the besieged couple study one of history's great Poet Princes: Lorenzo de' Medici, the godfather of the Italian Renaissance. B renger is a Poet Prince of the ancient bloodline prophecy, and even across the centuries, his fate is intertwined with Lorenzo de' Medici's. B renger must uncover the heretical secrets of the Medici family--and the shocking truth behind the birth of the Renaissance--if he is to fulfill his own destiny. These heretical secrets were hidden for a reason, and there are those who would stop at nothing to prevent B renger's assumption of his rightful role. <p/>The Renaissance comes vividly to life as Maureen decodes the clues contained within the great masterpieces of Lorenzo the Magnificent's friends: Donatello, Botticelli, and Michelangelo. Maureen uncovers truths connected to the legend of Longinus Gaius, the Roman ce