The History of Italy - Brossura

Guicciardini, Francesco

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0691008000 ISBN 13: 9780691008004

Casa editrice: Princeton University Press, 1984

Riassunto

In 1537 Francesco Guicciardini, adviser and confidant to three popes, governor of several central Italian states, ambassador, administrator, military captain--and persona non grata with the ruling Medici after the siege of Florence--retired to his villa to write a history of his times. His Storia d'Italia became the classic history of Italy--both a brilliant portrayal of the Renaissance and a penetrating vision into the tragedy and comedy of human history in general. Sidney Alexander's readable translation and abridgment of Guicciardini's four-volume work earned the prestigious 1970 P.E.N. Club translation award. His perceptive introduction and notes add much to the understanding of Guicciardini's masterpiece.

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"Guicciardini's objectivity is awesome . . . the combination of tumultuous events and the cold lunar language he uses to describe them gives his history its unique and incomparable cachet." --New York Times

" Fascinating . . . Shrewd, pithy, and stylish." --New Yorker

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Book by Guicciardini Francesco

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• Editore: Princeton University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1984
• ISBN 10: 0691008000
• ISBN 13: 9780691008004
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 488