Letters to Her Sons, 1447-1470: Volume 46

by Alessandra Macinghi Strozzi

The seventy-three surviving letters written by Florentine widow, Alessandra Macinghi Strozzi (c.1406-1471), to her distant sons first appeared in print well over a century ago, but are here translated into English in their entirety for the first time. Whether for the professional historian or for the general reader interested in Renaissance Florence, they constitute a most precious testimony regarding both private and public life in the mid-fifteenth...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0866985484
• ISBN13: 9780866985482
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Iter Press
• Length: 294 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"