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The Birth Of Venus
Sarah Dunant
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Paperback. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781844080359
SKU
KJE0001153
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About Sarah Dunant
Sarah Dunant is a cultural commentator, award-winning thriller writer and author of a trilogy of novels set in renaissance Italy exploring women's lives through art, sex and religion.
Reviews for The Birth Of Venus
The Birth of Venus is a highly intelligent novel... the intensely imagined Alessandra, through whose eyes we see the tragic end of a key moment in human culture and whose lively sensibility constantly sparks ideas about art and her time. Roz Kaveney, AMAZON.CO.UK REVIEW Dunant throws out ideas about sex, art and the divine with Renaissance-style sprezzatura The INDEPENDENT Dunant ... Read more