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The Lion's Eye: A Story of the First History (Ilario, Bk 1)
The Lion's Eye A Story of the First History - Ilario, Bk 1 Author:Mary Gentle In the fifteenth century Ilario was born a hermaphrodite and his mother Rosamunda wanted nothing to do with this abomination so Ilario became a side show freak for King Rodrigo of Iberia. When he-she is finally freed from his captivity as a monarch's freak Ilario journeys across the Mediterranean to Carthage where the sunless dark Penitence serv... more »es as an encouragement to his plans to become a painter.
Upon arrival, instead he-she is drugged and sold to Alexandrian even as his mother and stepfather learn that her offspring had been freed and plan to send this embarrassment to the hell he-she came from before he harms their position of influence if it becomes known that he came from her womb. Influential Alexandrian arranges for Rosamunda to be deported back to Iberia. He sends Ilario to Rome to study painting as he has plans for this he-she.« less