Description
| Product ID: | 9780571230310 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Isabella de'Medici |
| Subtitle: | The Glorious Life and Tragic End of a Renaissance Princess |
| Authors: | Author: Caroline P. Murphy |
| Page Count: | 432 |
| Subjects: | Biography: historical, political and military, Biography: historical, political & military, European history, History, European history, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Italy, c 1500 to c 1600 |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Isabella de' Medici was the hostess of a glittering circle in Renaissance Florence. It was this affair - and her very success as First Lady of Florence - that led to her death at the hands of her husband at the age of just thirty-four. Isabella de'' Medici was the hostess of a glittering circle in Renaissance Florence. Beautiful and liberated, she not only matched the intellectual accomplishments of her male contemporaries, but sought sexual parity also, engaging in an adulterous affair with her husband''s cousin. It was this affair - and her very success as First Lady of Florence - that led to her death at the hands of her husband at the age of just thirty-four. She left behind a remarkable story, and as her legacy a son who became the best of the Orsini Dukes, immortalised by Shakespeare as Duke Orsino in Twelfth Night. Caroline P. Murphy illuminates this often misunderstood figure, and in the process brings to life the home of creativity, the city of Florence itself. |
| Imprint Name: | Faber & Faber |
| Publisher Name: | Faber & Faber |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2009-05-07 |