The ground is burning is a book by Samuel Black which features Leonardo Da Vinci, Cesare Borgia and Nicolas Machiavelli. It tells the true story of the meeting between these three famous Italians at a castle in Italy in 1502. Borgia, Da Vinci and Machiavelli are famous renaissance characters who are famous for very different reasons; Borgia was the duke of Florence, Da Vinci the famous painter and Machiavelli for his political manoeuvrings. They have all had extensive biographies and their characteristics and character flaws exposed and explored, all three are controversial and have gone through several cycles of condemnation and praise. The Italy they lived ...  Read the complete review