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The Artist, The Philosopher and The Warrior

Categorie	Geschiedenis Europa
Boeknummer	#266558
Titel	The Artist, The Philosopher and The Warrior
Auteur	Strathern, Paul
Boektype	Paperback
Uitgeverij	London, Vintage Books
Jaar van uitgave	2010
ISBN10	1845951212
ISBN13	9781845951214
Taal	Engels
Samenvatting	In the autumn of 1502 three giants of the Renaissance period - Cesare Borgia, Leonardo da Vinci and Niccolò Machiavelli - set out on one of the most treacherous military campaigns of the period. Cesare Borgia was a ferocious military leader whose name was synonymous with brutality and whose reputation was marred with the suspicion of incest. Niccolò Machiavelli was a witty and subversive intellectual, more suited to the silken diplomacy of royal courts than the sodden encampments of a military campaign. And Leonardo da Vinci was a visionary master and the most talented military engineer in Italy. What led him to work for the monstrous Borgia? And what attracted him to the cunning Machiavelli? In his extraordinary new book acclaimed historian Paul Strathern ingeniously focu... (Lees verder)ses on this improbable collusion of three iconic figures of the Italian Renaissance to unite three mighty strands of the period - war, politics and art. As each man's life unfolds, so does the Italian Renaissance.
Pagina's	456
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 12,50

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