Vendetta
High Art And Low Cunning At The Birth Of The Renaissance
$44.80
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
31 March 2009
Summary
Federigo da Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino, was the archetypal ‘Renaissance man’: a brilliant soldier, scholar and ally of the pope, he spent much of the vast wealth on commissioning artists to decorate the city.
Sigismondo Malatesta, lord of the neighbouring city of Rimini, was also a brilliant soldier and generous patron of the arts. He and Federigo were locked in an epic feud which saw them fight as mercenaries for and against just about every Italian ruler of note, so long as the oth…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780753825723 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0753825724 |
| Author: | Hugh Bicheno |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 31 March 2009 |
| Weight: | 300g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 134mm x 24mm |
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A story of unbridled lust, treachery and murder featuring an extraordinary array of characters, who fought, poisoned, betrayed and cheated their way into an enduring legacy - HUDDERSFIELD DAILY EXAMINER
About The Author
Hugh Bicheno
Hugh Bicheno is himself a Renaissance man. He has had careers as an academic, an intelligence officer and a freelance kidnap and ransom negotiator in South America. He now devotes himself to writing about men at war and co-authored the bestselling REBELS AND REDCOATS, written in conjunction with Richard Holmes. He lives in Cambridge.
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