Catherine Fletcher

Broschiertes Buch

The Beauty and the Terror

An Alternative History of the Italian Renaissance

Beschreibung

A THE TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020 'Brilliant and gripping, here is the full true Renaissance in a history of compelling originality and freshness' Simon Sebag MontefioreThe Italian Renaissance shaped Western culture - but it was far stranger and darker than many of us realise.

Autor

Catherine Fletcher is a historian of Renaissance and early modern Europe and the author of several previous books, including most recently The Beauty and the Terror: An Alternative History of the Italian Renaissance, which was a Book of the Year (2020) in The Times. Catherine is Professor of History at Manchester Metropolitan University and broadcasts regularly for the BBC.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Random House UK / Vintage
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 735519
• Seitenzahl: 432
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. März 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 132mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 323g
• ISBN-13: 9781784707941
• ISBN-10: 1784707945
• Artikelnr.: 60550774