Sword Without a Country

In Renaissance Italy the young and beautiful Gigliola resists her adopted fathers effort to marry her off to a wealthy older suitor Instead Gigliola loves Cino a humble troubador When Cino kills the suitor in a moment of impulsive anger hes condemned to death but Cinos friends rescue him Gigliola persuades Cino to take her with him Together they join the rebels seeking to free the land from tyranny