A Mattress Maker's Daughter: The Renaissance Romance of Don Giovanni De' Medici and Livia Vernazza
(Part of the I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History Series)
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A Mattress Maker's Daughter richly illuminates the narrative of two people whose mutual affection shaped their own lives and in some ways their times. According to the Renaissance legend, told and retold across the centuries, a woman of questionable reputation bamboozles a middle-aged warrior-prince into marrying her, and the family takes revenge. He is don Giovanni de' Medici, son of the Florentine grand duke; she is Livia Vernazza, daughter...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0674724666
ISBN13:9780674724662
Release Date:March 2014
Publisher:Harvard University Press
Length:480 Pages
Weight:0.15 lbs.
Dimensions:1.4" x 6.5" x 9.5"
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