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Vendetta
Hugh Bicheno
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Description for Vendetta
Paperback. The lives and loves of the great condottieri Num Pages: 320 pages, 28, 30 maps. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 136 x 25. Weight in Grams: 376.
The lives and loves of the great condottieri
Federigo da Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino, was the archetypal 'Renaissance man': a brilliant soldier, scholar and ally of the pope, he spent much of the vast wealth on commissioning artists to decorate the city.
Sigismondo Malatesta, lord of the neighbouring city of Rimini, was also a brilliant soldier and generous patron of the arts. He and Federigo were locked in an epic feud which saw them fight as mercenaries for and against just about every Italian ruler of note, so long as the other was on the opposite side.
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Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780753825723
SKU
V9780753825723
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Ref
99-50
About Hugh Bicheno
Hugh Bicheno is himself a Renaissance man. He has had careers as an academic, an intelligence officer and a freelance kidnap and ransom negotiator in South America. He now devotes himself to writing about men at war, and co-authored the bestselling REBELS AND REDCOATS, written in conjunction with Richard Holmes. He lives in Cambridge.
Reviews for Vendetta
A story of unbridled lust, treachery and murder featuring an extraordinary array of characters, who fought, poisoned, betrayed and cheated their way into an enduring legacy
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