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The deadly sisterhood : a story of women, power and intrigue in the Italian Renaissance

Frieda, Leonie2013
Books, Manuscripts
Here are the stories of the most remarkable women of Christendom, who are all joined by birth, marriage and friendship and who ruled for a time in place of their men-folk: Lucrezia Turnabuoni, Clarice Orsini, Beatrice d'Este, Caterina Sforza, Isabella d'Este, Giulia Farnese, Isabella d'Aragona and Lucrezia Borgia.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Phoenix, 2013.
Collation:
xi, 403 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (colour), maps (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2012.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780753828441 (pbk)0753828448
Dewey class:
945'.05'082945.05
Language:
English
BRN:
612449
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