Allison Levy

House of Secrets (eBook, ePUB)

The Many Lives of a Florentine Palazzo

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A look into the tantalising secrets of Florence's Palazzo Rucellai.

When Italian Renaissance professor Allison Levy takes up residency in the palazzo of her dreams - the Palazzo Rucellai in Florence - she finds herself consumed by the space and swept into the vortex of its history. She spends every waking moment in dusty Florentine libraries, exploring the palazzo's myriad rooms seeking to uncover its secrets.

As she unearths the stories of those who have lived behind its celebrated façade, she discovers that it has been witness to weddings, suicides, orgies, the dissection of a 'monster', and even a murder.

Entwining Levy's own experiences with the ghosts of the Palazzo Rucellai's past, House of Secrets paints a scintillating portrait of a family, a palace and one of the most iconic cities in the world.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Januar 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781786725714
• Artikelnr.: 56680218

Autorenporträt

Allison Levy is Digital Scholarship Editor at Brown University. An art historian, educated at Bryn Mawr College, Allison has taught in the US, Italy, and the UK. The author and editor of four books on early modern Italy and Europe, she is also General Editor of the book series Visual and Material Culture, 1300-1700, published by Amsterdam University Press.

Inhaltsangabe

Map of Florence List of Illustrations Timeline of principal events Author's
Note Preface Prologue Piano Terra Chapter One: The Merchant Primo Piano
Chapter Two: The Opportunists Secondo Piano Chapter Three: The Heir
Aberrant Terzo Piano Chapter Four: The Suicide Bride Quarto Piano Chapter
Five: The Salonnière Quinto Piano Chapter Six: The Tenant Sesto Piano
Epilogue Acknowledgments Text Permissions Notes Bibliography Index