The Deadly Sisterhood
A Story of Women, Power, and Intrigue in the Italian Renaissance, 1427-1527
New York, NY : HarperCollins, 2013.
Format: Book
Edition: First U.S. edition.
Description: xi, 403 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of color plates : illustrations, genealogical tables, maps ; 24 cm
"From Leonie Frieda, critically acclaimed biographer of Catherine de Medici, comes The Deadly Sisterhood : an epic tale of eight women whose lives -- marked by fortune and poverty, power and powerlessness -- encompass the spectacle, opportunity, and depravity of Italy's Renaissance. Lucrezia Turnabuoni, Clarice Orsini, Beatrice d'Este, Isabella d'Este, Caterina Sforza, Giulia Farnese, Isabella d'Aragona, and Lucrezia Borgia shared the riches of their birthright : wealth, political influence, and friendship, but none were not exempt from personal tragedies, exile, and poverty. With riveting narrative, Leonie Frieda's The Deadly Sisterhood : A Story of Women, Power, and Intrigue in the Italian Renaissance, 1427-1527 brings to life a long-gone era filled with intrigue, corruption, and passion" -- Publisher's description.
Contents:
Pt. 1. 1471-1484 -- Pt. 2. 1477-1503 -- Pt. 3. 1500-1527.
Subjects:
Turnabuoni, Lucrezia.
Beatrice, consort of Lodovico Sforza il Moro, Duke of Milan, 1475-1497.
Isabella d'Este, consort of Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua, 1474-1539.
Sforza, Caterina, 1463-1509.
Isabella, d'Aragona, Duchess of Milan, consort of Gian Galeazzo Sforza, Duke of Milan, 1470-1524.
Borgia, Lucrezia, 1480-1519.
Women -- Italy -- History -- Renaissance, 1450-1600.
Women -- Italy -- Intellectual life.
Italy -- Kings and rulers.
Turnabuoni, Lucrezia.
Beatrice, consort of Lodovico Sforza il Moro, Duke of Milan, 1475-1497.
Isabella d'Este, consort of Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua, 1474-1539.
Sforza, Caterina, 1463-1509.
Isabella, d'Aragona, Duchess of Milan, consort of Gian Galeazzo Sforza, Duke of Milan, 1470-1524.
Borgia, Lucrezia, 1480-1519.
Women -- Italy -- History -- Renaissance, 1450-1600.
Women -- Italy -- Intellectual life.
Italy -- Kings and rulers.
ISBN:
9780061563089
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HISTORY Europe Italy Fri | Southeast | Nonfiction | In |
"First published in Great Britain in 2012" -- T. p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.