Carl Trueman quotes Weinstein quoting Romola by George Eliot. This might give you some explanation for why it took me so long to read Romola. Fifteenth century Florence was a complex place. Eliot, for all she illuminates his flaws and his demise, is actually quite sympathetic towards Savonarola, and it is his character I quoted from in this post on Half the vocation of the spiritual guide of men.
George Eliot on the first celebrity megapastor
