Leonie Frieda

The Deadly Sisterhood

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

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Produktbeschreibung

The women who wielded the real power behind the throne in Renaissance Italy, from a bestselling historian.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Orion Publishing Group
• Seitenzahl: 512
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Juli 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 128mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 299g
• ISBN-13: 9780753828441
• ISBN-10: 0753828448
• Artikelnr.: 37737216

Autorenporträt

Swedish by birth, but educated in Britain, France and Germany, Leonie Frieda speaks five languages and is a member of the Institute of Linguists. She is the author of a bestselling biography of Catherine de Medici, and THE DEADLY SISTERHOOD: A STORY OF WOMEN, POWER AND INTRIGUE IN THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE and FRANCIS I: THE MAKER OF MODERN FRANCE. She lives in London and has two children. http://www.leoniefrieda.com

Rezensionen

This group of well-born, fastidiously educated women played a crucial role in the complicated politics of Renaissance Italy, where a collection of city states and competing warlords struggled to maintain their independence from the papacy at home and the French and Spanish abroad ... a torrent of poisoned daggers, ruthless politics and sexual intrigue Daisy Goodwin Sunday Times