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The Deadly Sisterhood
ISBN
9780297858508
Genre
Algemeen
Verschenen
22-11-2012
Bindwijze
Ebook EPUB
Taal
Engels
Uitgever
Orion
Auteur(s)
Leonie Frieda

The Deadly Sisterhood

A story of Women, Power and Intrigue in the Italian Renaissance

Leonie Frieda
Leesfragment
€3,99
  • The
  • women
  • who
  • wielded
  • the
  • real
  • power
  • behind
  • the
  • throne
  • in
  • Renaissance
  • Italy,
  • from
  • a
  • bestselling
  • historian.This
  • book
  • is
  • one
  • of
  • drama
  • on
  • a
  • grand
  • scale,
  • a
  • Renaissance
  • epic,
  • as
  • Christendom
  • emerged
  • from
  • the
  • shadows
  • of
  • the
  • calamitous
  • 14th
  • century.
  • The
  • sweeping
  • tale
  • involves
  • inspired
  • and
  • corrupt
  • monarchs,
  • the
  • finest
  • thinkers,
  • the
  • most
  • brilliant
  • artists
  • and
  • the
  • greatest
  • beauties
  • in
  • Christendom.Here
  • are
  • the
  • stories
  • of
  • its
  • most
  • remarkable
  • women,
  • who
  • are
  • all
  • joined
  • by
  • birth,
  • marriage
  • and
  • friendship
  • and
  • who
  • ruled
  • for
  • a
  • time
  • in
  • place
  • of
  • their
  • men-folk:
  • Lucrezia
  • Turnabuoni
  • (Queen
  • Mother
  • of
  • Florence,
  • the
  • power
  • behind
  • the
  • Medici
  • throne),
  • Clarice
  • Orsini
  • (Roman
  • princess,
  • feudal
  • wife),
  • Beatrice
  • d'Este
  • (Golden
  • Girl
  • of
  • the
  • Renaissance),
  • Caterina
  • Sforza
  • (Lioness
  • of
  • the
  • Romagna),
  • Isabella
  • d'Este
  • (the
  • Acquisitive
  • Marchesa),
  • Giulia
  • Farnese
  • ('la
  • bella',
  • the
  • family
  • asset),
  • Isabella
  • d'Aragona
  • (the
  • Weeping
  • Duchess)
  • and
  • Lucrezia
  • Borgia
  • (the
  • Virtuous
  • Fury).
  • The
  • men
  • play
  • a
  • secondary
  • role
  • in
  • this
  • grand
  • saga;
  • whenever
  • possible
  • the
  • action
  • is
  • seen
  • through
  • the
  • eyes
  • of
  • our
  • heroines.These
  • eight
  • women
  • experienced
  • great
  • riches,
  • power
  • and
  • the
  • warm
  • smile
  • of
  • fortune,
  • but
  • they
  • also
  • knew
  • banishment,
  • poverty,
  • the
  • death
  • of
  • a
  • husband
  • or
  • the
  • loss
  • of
  • one
  • or
  • more
  • of
  • their
  • children.
  • As
  • each
  • of
  • the
  • chosen
  • heroines
  • comes
  • to
  • the
  • fore
  • in
  • her
  • turn,
  • she
  • is
  • handed
  • the
  • baton
  • by
  • her
  • 'sister',
  • and
  • Leonie
  • Frieda
  • recounts
  • the
  • role
  • each
  • woman
  • played
  • in
  • the
  • hundred-year
  • drama
  • that
  • is
  • THE
  • DEADLY SISTERHOOD.
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