The Princess of Mantua (Modern Voices) (Hesperus Contemporary Series)

Marie Ferranti

ISBN 10: 1843917025 / ISBN 13: 9781843917021

Edité par Hesperus Press Ltd, 2005

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Synopsis :

Winner of Grand Prix du Roman 2002, a prize awarded annually by Academie Francaise (the French counterpart of The Royal Society of Literature) Who is the real Barbara von Brandenburg, that plain woman who looks at us from Mantegna's masterful painting, The Gonzaga Family? Using historic facts and documentary references, Marie Ferranti takes us through the backdoor of everyday fifteenth-century life into a world populated by some of the greatest men and artists of her age, at the end of which we find ourselves the victim of a very sophisticated 'trompe l'oeil'. It is 1433, and the ten year-old Barbara von Brandenburg leaves her native Germany to marry the Prince of Mantua, Ludovico Gonzaga. When her husband leaves for war, she finds herself at the centre of one of the most refined courts in Europe, and when, seven years later, Ludovico returns victorious from his campaigns, she has to live with him through the most difficult trials - illnesses, mourning and the curse of his heredity: all Gonzaga women are born hunchbacked. Based on a series of letters between Barbara and her cousin Maria, in which she recounts her daily life, dramas and jokes, The 'Princess of Mantua' is an example of docufiction at its most exquisite.

À propos de l'auteur: French novelist Marie Ferranti, previously a teacher, was lauded by the Academie Francaise for her first novel, 'The Women of San Stefano' (1995). Two more novels followed - 'The Chamber of the Dead' (1996), and 'Flight to the Agriate Desert' (2000) - as well as an essay in 2002 on the works of Michel Mohrt: 'Le Paradoxe de l'Ordre'. Her latest work is 'The Night Hunt', published in 2004. 'The Princess of Mantua' was awarded the 2002 Grand Prix du Roman by the Academie Francaise.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : The Princess of Mantua (Modern Voices) (...
Éditeur : Hesperus Press Ltd
Date d'édition : 2005
Reliure : Couverture rigide
Etat : Good