The birth of Venus : love and death in Florence
Title
:
The birth of Venus : love and death in Florence
Personal Author EPSB
:
Sarah. Dunant
Summary
:
Alessandra Cecchi becomes enchanted with a young painter her father has brought back from nortern Europe to decorate the chapel walls in the family's Florentine palazzo, but their relationship is interrupted when Alessandra's parents arrange her marriage to a wealthy older man.
Year Published
:
2003
Physical Description
:
412 p.
Personal Subject
:
Savonarola, Girolamo, 1452-1498-Fiction.
Subject
:
Marriage -- Fiction.
Women painters -- Fiction.
Wives -- Fiction.
Teenagers -- Fiction.
Girls -- Fiction.
Painters -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Geographic Term
:
Florence (Italy) -- History -- Fiction.
Genre
:
Historical fiction.
Summary
:
Alessandra Cecchi becomes enchanted with a young painter her father has brought back from nortern Europe to decorate the chapel walls in the family's Florentine palazzo, but their relationship is interrupted when Alessandra's parents arrange her marriage to a wealthy older man.
ISBN
:
9781844080359
Publisher
:
London : Virago Press, c2003.
| Library | Call Number | Type | Item Barcode | Status |
|---|
| Jasper Place | F DUN | Book | 30071000581947 | Fiction |