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Title: A Dream that could have been...
Review: Listen to the premise of the novel. A monk never leaves his beloved city of Venice and yet wants to spend his entire life creating a map of the world. What he puts on his map he hears from explorers who come and visit him at his monestary. In the meantime, he discovers a lot about his own beliefs and philosophies. It sounds wonderful, it could have been wonderful. But James Cowan made this book as dull as he possibly could have. The chapters were only loosely strung together and Fra Mauro's mind wanders so far from his original thoughts I had a hard time following his train of thought. Maybe it's because I am only 14 years old that this book didn't work for me, but I don't think If I tried to read this book again in 20 years it would make any difference. I bought this book because I thought the cover was beatuiful, It just goes to show...you can't judge a book by it's cover.
