The Tigress of Forli: Renaissance Italy's Most Courageous and Notorious Countess, Caterina Riario Sforza De' Medici

by Elizabeth Lev

Book Overview

The astonishing life of Caterina Sforza, one of the most prominent women of Renaissance Italy, who was a wife, mother, leader, and warrior with enough fierceness to make Machiavelli himself wince.

In this glittering biography, Elizabeth Lev reexamines Caterina's extraordinary life and accomplishments.

Raised in the court of Milan and wed at age ten to the pope's corrupt nephew, Caterina was ensnared in Italy's political...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0547844166
• ISBN13: 9780547844169
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Mariner Books
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.3" x 8.0"