The Deadly Sisterhood: A Story of Women, Power, and Intrigue in the Italian Renaissance, 1427-1527

by Leonie Frieda

Book Overview

From Leonie Frieda, critically acclaimed biographer of Catherine de Medici, comes The Deadly Sisterhood: an epic tale of eight women whose lives--marked by fortune and poverty, power and powerlessness--encompass the spectacle, opportunity, and depravity of Italy's Renaissance.

Lucrezia Turnabuoni, Clarice Orsini, Beatrice d'Este, Isabella d'Este, Caterina Sforza, Giulia Farnese, Isabella d'Aragona, and Lucrezia Borgia shared the riches of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0061563080
• ISBN13: 9780061563089
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: Harper
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"