The Birth of Venus (Signed First U.K. Edition)

Sarah Dunant

ISBN 10: 0316725498 / ISBN 13: 9780316725491

Edité par Little Brown, London, 2003

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London: Little Brown [2003]. Signed first edition. First printing. Hardbound. A pristine unread copy, very fine/very fine in all respects, no flaws. Smoke-free. Comes with mylar dust jacket protector. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. Shipped in well padded box. UK-LD. N° de réf. du vendeur CASE2-74

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Titre : The Birth of Venus (Signed First U.K. ...

Éditeur : Little Brown, London

Date d'édition : 2003

Reliure : Hardcover

Etat : New

Etat de la jaquette : New

Signé : Signed by Author(s)

Edition : 1st Edition

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Synopsis :

Alessandra is not quite fifteen when her prosperous merchant father brings a young painter back with him from Holland to adorn the walls of the new family chapel. She is fascinated by his talents and envious of his abilities and opportunities to paint to the glory of God. Soon her love of art and her lively independence are luring her into closer involvement with all sorts of taboo areas of life. On excursions into the streets of night-time Florence she observes a terrible evil stalking the city and witnesses the rise of the fiery young priest, Savanarola, who has set out to rid the city of vice, richness, even art itself. Alessandra must make crucial decisions about the shape of her adult life, as Florence itself must choose between the old ways of the luxury-loving Medicis and the asceticism of Savanorola. And through it all, there is the painter, whose love will change everything.

À propos de l?auteur:

Sarah Dunant is the author of six crime novels for which she won two Silver Daggers. Cultural commentator - for many years she presented The Late Show - she was editor of War of the Words (Virago 1994). Her two previous novels, Transgressions and Mapping the Edge, were the subject of major acclaim.