TheBirthofVenus:ANovel(Sarah Dunant 著)简介、价格

TheBirthofVenus:ANovel

作者： Sarah Dunant 著

出版社： RandomHousePublishingGroup

出版时间： 2004-11

ISBN： 9780812968972

定价： 134.20

装帧： 平装

页数： 448页

正文语种： 英语

分类： 国学古籍>综合性图书

内容简介:

AlessandraCecchiisnotquitefifteenwhenherfather,aprosperousclothmerchant,bringsayoungpainterbackfromnorthernEuropetodecoratethechapelwallsinthefamily’sFlorentinepalazzo.AchildoftheRenaissance,withaprecociousmindandatalentfordrawing,Alessandraisintoxicatedbythepainter’sabilities.

ButtheirburgeoningrelationshipisinterruptedwhenAlessandra’sparentsarrangehermarriagetoawealthy,mucholderman.Meanwhile,Florenceischanging,increasinglysubjecttothegrowingsuppressionimposedbythefundamentalistmonkSavonarola,whoisseizingreligiousandpoliticalcontrol.AlessandraandhernativecityarecaughtbetweentheMedicistate,withitsloveofluxury,learning,anddazzlingart,andthehellfirepreachingandincreasingviolenceofSavonarola’sreactionaryfollowers.Playedoutagainstthisturbulentbackdrop,Alessandra’smarriedlifeisamisery,exceptforthesurprisingfreedomitallowshertopursueherpowerfulattractiontotheyoungpainterandhisart.

TheBirthofVenusisatourdeforce,thefirsthistoricalnovelfromoneofBritain’smostinnovativewritersofliterarysuspense.ItbringsalivethehistoryofFlorenceatitsmostdramaticperiod,tellingacompulsivelyabsorbingstoryoflove,art,religion,andpowerthroughthepassionatevoiceofAlessandra,aheroinewiththesamevibrancyofspiritasherbelovedcity.

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作者简介:

SarahDunanthaswritteneightnovelsandeditedtwobooksofessays.Shehasworkedwidelyinprint,television,andradio,anduntilrecentlyhostedtheleadingBBCRadioartsprogram,NightWaves.Nowafull-timewriter,sheisadaptinghernovelsTransgressionsandMappingtheEdgeforthescreen.DunanthastwochildrenandlivesinLondonandFlorence.

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