Catherine de Medici: A Tale of Family Vengeance. Renaissance Italy
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Catherine de Medici: A Tale of Family Vengeance. Renaissance Italy
69.99 €
A new book in the "Renaissance Art" series and the final installment of the Medici trilogy! The final book in the celebrated trilogy, which became an international sensation and has been translated into 10 languages, is dedicated to Catherine de' Medici, a leading member of a powerful dynasty of Renaissance art patrons and rulers.
The first two books in the trilogy—"The Enigma of Montefeltro" and "Foxes and Lions"—were recently published in Russian for the first time and immediately became bestsellers in Russia. Featuring over 130 high-quality illustrations of masterpieces by Michelangelo, Titian, Santi di Tito, Raphael, Giorgio Vasari, and other Renaissance works, carefully selected with the active participation of the author, Italian scholar and professor of Renaissance history and literature Marcello Simonetta. Catherine de' Medici was born in Florence in 1519 and became the most famous queen of France. Legends and rumors about her as the "Black Queen," a "religious fanatic" who blessed the dreadful St. Bartholomew's Day massacre, continue to rage. Marcello Simonetta, author of the Medici trilogy, spins a historical plot around the events of Catherine de' Medici's youth: he tells the story of an eight-year-old orphan who would one day become the ruler of one of the most powerful countries in Europe. He also tells the story of the revenge that, from her childhood, linked the various branches of the Medici family with another powerful Florentine family, the Strozzi.
Catherine de' Medici: The Story of a Family Vengeance covers the period 1527-1559, from the painful beginnings of the Renaissance to the end of the Italian Wars and the decline of Italy. This book, chronologically continuing the two previous parts of the trilogy—"The Enigma of Montefeltro" and "Foxes and Lions"—can also be read as a standalone work. Its characters also include famous and charismatic personalities, who reveal unexpected sides in the lines of diplomatic messages that have been deciphered for the first time and are published on the pages of this book.
The first two books in the trilogy—"The Enigma of Montefeltro" and "Foxes and Lions"—were recently published in Russian for the first time and immediately became bestsellers in Russia. Featuring over 130 high-quality illustrations of masterpieces by Michelangelo, Titian, Santi di Tito, Raphael, Giorgio Vasari, and other Renaissance works, carefully selected with the active participation of the author, Italian scholar and professor of Renaissance history and literature Marcello Simonetta. Catherine de' Medici was born in Florence in 1519 and became the most famous queen of France. Legends and rumors about her as the "Black Queen," a "religious fanatic" who blessed the dreadful St. Bartholomew's Day massacre, continue to rage. Marcello Simonetta, author of the Medici trilogy, spins a historical plot around the events of Catherine de' Medici's youth: he tells the story of an eight-year-old orphan who would one day become the ruler of one of the most powerful countries in Europe. He also tells the story of the revenge that, from her childhood, linked the various branches of the Medici family with another powerful Florentine family, the Strozzi.
Catherine de' Medici: The Story of a Family Vengeance covers the period 1527-1559, from the painful beginnings of the Renaissance to the end of the Italian Wars and the decline of Italy. This book, chronologically continuing the two previous parts of the trilogy—"The Enigma of Montefeltro" and "Foxes and Lions"—can also be read as a standalone work. Its characters also include famous and charismatic personalities, who reveal unexpected sides in the lines of diplomatic messages that have been deciphered for the first time and are published on the pages of this book.
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- All books in the series Renaissance art