Private Renaissance by Maria Bellonci, William Weaver

Private Renaissance

Maria Bellonci, William Weaver

462 pages first pub 1985 (editions)

fiction historical informative slow-paced

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Narrated from the viewpoint of the accomplished Isabella d'Este, who at 16 became Duchess of Mantua and presided over a 15th-16th century court with cultural and political finesse, this stately novel by Renaissance historian Bellonci was awarded I...

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