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pp. xviii [2] 366.”This is the story of an age when everything came to have a price, when the mercenary companies werevastly rich corporations with their own accountants, lawyers, and orators. It was also a time of cultural greatness, creating the ferment that would give birth to the Renaissance. In The Devils Broker, Stonor Saunders creates a glittering and hard-edged evocation of an era peopled by characters ranging from the great poets Chaucer, Petrarch, and Boccaccio to St. Catherine of Siena, a succession of corrupt, incompetent, and venal popes, and the tyrannical Visconti family of Milan. Brilliant and drivingly readable, The Devils Broker vividly recreates a complex man and a fascinating era.”This is a PAPERBACK COPY.
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| ISBN | 0771079087 | |
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| ISBN13 | 9780771079085 | |
| Number of pages | 366 | |
| Original Title | The Devil's Broker : Seeking Gold, God, and Glory in Fourteenth-Century Italy | |
| Published Date | 2005 | |
| Book Condition | Very Good | |
| Jacket Condition | Very Good | |
| Binding | Hardcover | |
| Size | 8vo | |
| Place of Publication | Toronto | |
| Edition | First Edition | |
| Category: | History | |
| Author: | Frances Stonor Saunders | |
| Publisher: | McClelland and Stewart |
pp. xviii [2] 366.”This is the story of an age when everything came to have a price, when the mercenary companies werevastly rich corporations with their own accountants, lawyers, and orators. It was also a time of cultural greatness, creating the ferment that would give birth to the Renaissance. In The Devils Broker, Stonor Saunders creates a glittering and hard-edged evocation of an era peopled by characters ranging from the great poets Chaucer, Petrarch, and Boccaccio to St. Catherine of Siena, a succession of corrupt, incompetent, and venal popes, and the tyrannical Visconti family of Milan. Brilliant and drivingly readable, The Devils Broker vividly recreates a complex man and a fascinating era.”This is a PAPERBACK COPY.
| Weight | 1 kg |
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