9780195314397 - Murder of a Medici Princess von Murphy, Caroline P. (13 Ergebnisse)

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hardcover. Zustand: Fine copy in fine dust jacket. Illustrated (illustrator). 2nd prt. 8vo, 397 pp.

hardcover. Zustand: Fine copy in fine dust jacket. Illustrated (illustrator). 1st. 8vo, 397 pp.

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Zustand: Fair. First Edition. In Murder of a Medici Princess, Caroline Murphy illuminates the brilliant life and tragic death of Isabella de Medici, one of the brightest stars in the dazzling world of Renaissance Italy, the daughter of Duke Cosimo I, ruler of Florence and Tuscany. Murphy is a superb storyteller, and her fast-paced narrative captures the intrigue, the scandal, the romantic affairs, and the violence that were commonplace in the Florentine court. She brings to life an extraordinary woman, fluent in five languages, a free-spirited patron of the arts, a daredevil, a practical joker, and a passionate lover. Isabella, in fact, conducted numerous affairs, including a ten-year relationship with the cousin of her violent and possessive husband. Her permissive lifestyle, however, came to an end upon the death of her father, who was succeeded by her disapproving older brother Francesco. Considering Isabella's ways to be licentious and a disgrace upon the family, he permitted her increasingly enraged husband to murder her in a remote Medici villa. To tell this dramatic story, Murphy draws on a vast trove of newly discovered and unpublished documents, ranging from Isabella's own letters, to the loose-tongued dispatches of ambassadors to Florence, to contemporary descriptions of the opulent parties and balls, salons and hunts in which Isabella and her associates participated. Murphy resurrects the exciting atmosphere of Renaissance Florence, weaving Isabella's beloved city into her story, evoking the intellectual and artistic community that thrived during her time. Palaces and gardens in the city become places of creativity and intrigue, sites of seduction, and grounds for betrayal. Here then is a narrative of compelling and epic proportions, magnificent and alluring, decadent and ultimately tragic.; LET OP LET OP LET OP !!! Boek in prima staat, losse stofomomslag ONTBREEKT !!!

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 336 pages. 9.50x6.25x1.50 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: Sehr gut. 397 S. : zahlr. farb. Ill. / 397p. with numerous colour illustrations. Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langjährigem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) / From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Sehr guter Zustand. / Very good condition. - CONTENT: map of florence and medici family tree ix PROLOGUE: a summer's day at cerreto guidi -- a medici childhood -- the new medici -- 'i have never seen a more beautiful baby girl' g -- growing up medici -- approaching adulthood -- a medici princess grows up -- a bridegroom for isabella -- medici weddings -- zibellini and a hat full of musk -- the duke and duchess of bracciano -- 'my brother and i' -- overcome by sorrow -- the first lady of florence -- after eleonora -- at home with paolo and isabella -- debt -- conflict -- the baroncelli -- the theatre of isabella -- fidelities -- troilo -- a 'clandestine' affair -- medici machinations -- the imperial sister-in-law family lives grand duke cammilla -- 'i lurch? -- lepanto and don giovanni -- putti -- bianca -- an assassination -- the best of times -- the troubles of a medici princess -- the decline of cosimo -- the children's negotiation -- 'my coming' -- the new ambassador -- leonora -- the duelling season -- the pucci conspiracy -- iroilo, bandito -- final acts -- the new year -- a trip to cafaggiolo -- a trip to cerreto guidi -- 'as if she imagined what was in store for her' -- post-mortem -- the culling continued -- the assassin's tale -- EPILOGUE: isabella eterna -- bibliography notes list of plates acknowledgements -- index. ISBN 9780195314397 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 720 kart. m. Schutzumschlag / hardcover w. dust-jacket.