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The Beauty and the Terror - An Alternative History of the Italian Renaissance (Paperback)
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The Beauty and the Terror - An Alternative History of the Italian Renaissance (Paperback)
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*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 Montefiore The Italian Renaissance
shaped Western culture - but it was far stranger and darker than
many of us realise. We know the Mona Lisa for her smile, but not
that she was married to a slave-trader. We revere Leonardo da Vinci
for his art, but few now appreciate his ingenious designs for
weaponry. We visit Florence to see Michelangelo's David, but hear
nothing of the massacre that forced the republic's surrender. In
fact, many of the Renaissance's most celebrated artists and
thinkers emerged not during the celebrated 'rebirth' of the
fifteenth century but amidst the death and destruction of the
sixteenth century. The Beauty and the Terror is an enrapturing
narrative which includes the forgotten women writers, Jewish
merchants, mercenaries, prostitutes, farmers and citizens who lived
the Renaissance every day. Brimming with life, it takes us closer
than ever before to the reality of this astonishing era, and its
meaning for today. 'Terrifying and fascinating' Sunday Times
'Enlightening...exactly the alternative history you might wish for'
Daily Telegraph
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