TIGRESS OF FORLI: RENAISSANCE ITALY'S MOST COURAGEOUS AND NOTORIOUS COUNTESS, CATERINA RIARIO SFORZA DE' MEDICI

LEV, ELIZABETH

ISBN 10: 0547844166 / ISBN 13: 9780547844169

Editore: MARINER BOOKS.;.HOUGHTON MIFFLIN HARCOURT, Boston, 2011

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VERY GOOD CONDITION, CLEAN, SOLID,BRIGHT; WHITE TITLES ON COLORFUL PAPER COVERS SHOWING PAINTING OF BLONDE CATERINA RIARIO. Photo section in text.; 352 pages; A rich evocation of Renaissance life, The Tigress of Forlì reveals Caterina Riario Sforza as a brilliant and fearless ruler, and a tragic but unbowed figure.

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• Titolo: TIGRESS OF FORLI: RENAISSANCE ITALY'S MOST COURAGEOUS AND NOTORIOUS COUNTESS, CATERINA RIARIO SFORZA DE' MEDICI
• Editore: MARINER BOOKS.;.HOUGHTON MIFFLIN HARCOURT, Boston
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0547844166
• ISBN 13: 9780547844169
• Rilegatura: Paperback
• Disegnatore: Illustrated by SFORZA, CATERINA COVER ART
• Edizione: PAPERBACK; 1098765pt line.
• Condizione: Very Good

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Riassunto

The astonishing life of Caterina Sforza, one of the most prominent women of Renaissance Italy, who was a wife, mother, leader, and warrior with enough fierceness to make Machiavelli himself wince.

In this glittering biography, Elizabeth Lev reexamines Caterina's extraordinary life and accomplishments.

Raised in the court of Milan and wed at age ten to the pope’s corrupt nephew, Caterina was ensnared in Italy’s political intrigues early in life. After turbulent years in Rome’s papal court, she moved to the Romagnol province of Forlì. Following her husband’s assassination, she ruled Italy’s crossroads with iron will, martial strength, political savvy—and an icon’s fashion sense. In finally losing her lands to the Borgia family, she put up a resistance that inspired all of Europe and set the stage for her progeny—including Cosimo de Medici—to follow her example to greatness.

A rich evocation of the Renaissance, The Tigress of Forlì reveals Caterina Riario Sforza as a brilliant and fearless ruler and a tragic but unbowed figure.

Informazioni sull?autore

ELIZABETH LEV is a scholar of Renaissance art and culture. She lives with her family in Rome, where she teaches college art history, gives tours of the city and the Vatican, and is a columnist for an international news service.