An Italian Renaissance Sextet: Six Tales in Historical Context

by Lauro Martines

Book Overview

An Italian Renaissance Sextet is a collection of six tales offering a unique view of the history of Renaissance Italy, with fiction and fictional modes becoming gateways to a real, historical world. All written between 1400 and 1500 - among them a rare gem by Lorenzo the Magnificent and a famous account featuring Filippo Brunelleschi - the stories are presented here in lively translations.

As engrossing, fresh, and high-spirited as...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802086500
• ISBN13: 9780802086501
• Release Date: August 2004
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.1"