Tigress of Forli: The Life of Caterina Sforza
by:
Elizabeth Lev (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781781851302 (1781851301)
Publish date: April 1st 2013
Publisher: Head of Zeus
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Biography,
History,
Literature,
European Literature,
Cultural,
Italy,
Politics,
Biography Memoir,
Womens,
Italian Literature,
European History,
15th Century
"Se io potessi scrivere tutto, farei stupire il mondo" (If I could write everything, I would shock the world). -- Caterina Sforza to a monk during the last decade of her life.A superbly researched biography of an extraordinary woman we don't hear enough about except her connection to the Borgias. He...
The Tigress of Forli covers the life and death of one of the most fascinating women of the Renaissance. While Ms. Lev strives to present as impartial a picture of Caterina as possible, citing both the negative and positive depictions and rumors that occurred both during her life and well after her d...