Download or read book The Flames of Florence written by Donna Russo Morin and published by Diversion Books. This book was released on 2018-05-08 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this historical novel, six female painters in Renaissance Florence are challenged as a religious fanatic tears apart their city—and their friendship. Lorenzo de Medici is dead, and his son Piero has brought war and famine upon the city of Florence. Yet the glory that is Renaissance artistry grows more magnificent, as does the work of the women known as Da Vinci's Disciples. Now they face their most dangerous challenge, one shrouded in the cloak of a monk. From the ashes of war, Friar Girolamo Savonarola rises. Some call him a savior and a prophet, a man willing to overthrow tyrannical rulers and corrupt clergy—the Borgia Pope among them. Fra Girolamo is determined to remold Florence from an avaricious, secular culture to a paragon of Christian virtues. Others call Savonarola a delusional heretic, incapable of anything but self-serving fanaticism. When he sets out to destroy all secular art forms, Da Vinci's Disciples call him an enemy . . . but not all of them. “Illicit plots, mysterious paintings, and Leonardo da Vinci all have their part to play in this delicious, heart-pounding work.” —Kate Quinn, New York Times and USA Today–bestselling author of The Alice Network “Morin, a master of her craft, has penned an intricate story full of lush historical detail with a plot that will leave you breathless.” —Tasha Alexander, New York Times–bestselling author of Death in St. Petersburg
Download or read book Florence written by Augustus John Cuthbert Hare and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Fire in the City written by Lauro Martines and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2007-07-10 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gripping and beautifully written narrative that reads like a novel, Fire in the City presents a compelling account of a key moment in the history of the Renaissance, illuminating the remarkable man who dominated the period, the charismatic Girolamo Savonarola. Lauro Martines, whose decades of scholarship have made him one of the most admired historians of Renaissance Italy, here provides a remarkably fresh perspective on Savonarola, the preacher and agitator who flamed like a comet through late fifteenth-century Florence. The Dominican friar has long been portrayed as a dour, puritanical demagogue who urged his followers to burn their worldly goods in "the bonfire of the vanities." But as Martines shows, this is a caricature of the truth--the version propagated by the wealthy and powerful who feared the political reforms he represented. Here, Savonarola emerges as a complex and subtle man, both a religious and a civic leader--who inspired an outpouring of political debate in a city newly freed from the tyranny of the Medici. In the end, the volatile passions he unleashed--and the powerful families he threatened--sent the friar to his own fiery death. But the fusion of morality and politics that he represented would leave a lasting mark on Renaissance Florence. For the many readers fascinated by histories of Renaissance Italy--such as Brunelleschi's Dome or Galileo's Daughter, and Martines's acclaimed April Blood--Fire in the City offers a vivid portrait of one of the most memorable characters from that dazzling era.
Download or read book Florence written by Hare and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Story of Florence written by E. G. Gardner and published by Litres. This book was released on 2021-07-09 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Story of Florence written by Edmund Gardner and published by Litres. This book was released on 2021-03-16 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Florence written by Michael Levey and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nestled in the Apennines, cradle of the Renaissance, home of Dante, Michelangelo, and the Medici, Florence is unlike any other city in its extraordinary mingling of great art and literature, natural splendor, and remarkable history. Intimate and grand, learned and engaging, Michael Levey's Florence renders the city in all of its madness and magnificence.
Download or read book Florence the Fire Engine Saves the Day written by Gloria Eveleigh and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2017-08-10 with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Florence is a fire engine driven by Fin and his fire crew. Florence gets called to a fire at a fig factory in Farnborough. Due to the fog created by smoke from the fire, the traffic is at a standstill. So Fin flicks a switch, and Florence sprouts wings and flies high above the traffic. When Florence arrives at the fire, Fin feels worried because there is a forest nearby that could catch alight. Will Florence, Fin, and his fire crew be able to put out the fire and save the factory and the forest?
Download or read book Florence written by Edward Chaney and published by Robinson. This book was released on 2018-06-28 with total page 507 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'The best conceivable guide to the city' - an essential cultural history for all visitors of Florence The rich and glorious past of one of the best loved cities in the world, Florence, is brought vividly to life for today's visitor in this collection which draws on letters, diaries and memoirs of travellers to Florence and the Florentines themselves. Of all Italian cities, Florence has always had the strongest English accent: the Goncourt brothers in 1855 called it 'ville tout anglaise'. Though that accent is diminished now, Florence remains for the English-speaking traveller what it always has been - one of the best loved, and most visited, of cities. In this Traveller's Reader, Florence's rich and glorious past is brought vividly to life for the tourist of today through the medium of letters, diaries and memoirs of travellers to Florence from past centuries and of the Florentines themselves. The extracts chosen by cultural historain Edward Chaney include: Boccaccio on the Black Death; Vasari on the building of Giotto's Campanile; an eye-witness account of the installation of Michaelangelo's 'David'; the death of Elizabeth Barrett Browning at the Casa Guidi; and D. H. Lawrence and Dylan Thomas on twentieth-century Florentine society. Sir Harold Acton's introduction provides a concise history of the city from its origins, through its zenith as a prosperous city state which, under the Medici, gave birth to the Renaissance, and up to the Arno's devastating flood in 1966. Sir Harold Acton, man of letters, historian, aesthete, novelist and poet, spent most of his life in Florence. Among his best-known books is The Last Medici, Memoirs of an Aesthete.
Download or read book People of Florence written by Joseph Macleod and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-11-29 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 1968, People of Florence raises the question what makes a city? This is neither a guidebook nor a typical sociological treatise, but the portrait of a people. Trinkets of history are lightly painted in to give background to what the author calls ‘locality’: Florence of today as formed by her past and by the physical conditions of Tuscany. Two principal chapters are intimately concerned with the flood of 1966. The author also takes us through the relation between the individual liberties in Florence and the bureaucratic controls of the Government in Rome, along with the architecture, art, music, theatre, song birds, flowers, trees, food and drink, public ceremonies, games, ancient rites, and human stories. This book will be an interesting read for scholars and researchers of sociology, urban history, social anthropology, cultural studies and for general readers interested to know about Florence.
Download or read book A History of the Commonwealth of Florence from the earliest Independence of the Commune to the Fall of the Republic in 1531 written by T. Adolphus Trollope and published by . This book was released on 1865 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A History of the Commonwealth of Florence written by Thomas Adolphus Trollope and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2022-03-14 with total page 613 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1865. From the earliest independence of the commune to the fall of the republic in 1531. In four vols.
Download or read book The Saturday Evening Post written by and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book A History of the Commonwealth of Florence written by Thomas Adolphus Trollope and published by . This book was released on 1865 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Ride on Horseback to Florence Through France and Switzerland written by Augusta Macgregor Holmes and published by . This book was released on 1842 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Pocket Rough Guide Florence Travel Guide eBook written by Rough Guides and published by Apa Publications (UK) Limited. This book was released on 2018-04-01 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover this beautiful city with the most incisive and entertaining travel guide on the market. You can take this handy, pocket-sized book out with you anywhere, any time. Whether you plan to gawp at Michelangelo's David, admire the view from hilltop San Miniato al Monte or relax over apertivi in the Oltrano neighbourhood, Pocket Rough Guide Florence will show you the ideal places to sleep, eat, drink, shop and visit along the way. - Perfect for short trips - compact and concise, with all the practical info you'll need for a few days' stay. - Free pull-out map, as well as full-colour maps throughout - navigate the alleys and squares around the Duomo or find your way to Santa Croce's best restaurants without needing to get online. - Things not to miss - Rough Guides' rundown of Florence's unmissable sights and experiences. - Itineraries - carefully planned days to help you organize your visit. - Independent, trusted reviews written with Rough Guides' trademark blend of humour, honesty and insight, with options to suit every budget. - Stunning images - a rich collection of inspiring colour photography. - Detailed city coverage - whether visiting the big sights or venturing off the tourist trail, this travel guide has in-depth practical advice for every step of the way. Chapters cover each neighbourhood in depth, with all the sights and the best of the nearby shops, cafés, restaurants, bars and clubs. Areas covered include: Piazza del Duomo; Pizza della Signoria; San Lorenzo; west of the centre, including Ognissanti; Oltrano; the city outskirts; Fiesole. Attractions include: The Uffizi; Santa Croce; The Duomo; Ponte Vecchio, Santa Maria Novella; Capella Brancacci; Mercato di Sant'Ambrogio; Mercato Centrale; Palazzo Pitti; The Bargello; Museo dell'Opera del Duomo; San Lorenzo and Medici tombs; Santo Spirito; San Miniato al Monte, and many more. - Day-trips - venture further afield to the hill-town Fiesole, within easy reach of Florence. - Accommodation - our unbiased selection of the top places to stay, to suit every budget. - Essentials - crucial pre-departure practical information including getting there, local transport, health, tourist information, festivals and events, and more. - Background information - an easy-to-use chronology, plus a handy language section and glossary.
