Renaissance Woman: The Life of Vittoria Colonna, Paperback - Ramie Targoff

DescriptionA biography of Vittoria Colonna, a confidante of Michelangelo, the scion of one of the most powerful families of her era, and a pivotal ...

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Publisher: Vintage PublishingAuthor(s): Lady HaleNumber of pages: 288Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 129 x 195 x 25Cover type: Paperback / softba...

This book provides an introduction into the fascinating life and work of one of the great Indian mystics of the 19th century, who was a contemporar...

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A lifelong smasher of glass-ceilings, who took as her motto 'women are equal to everything', her landmark rulings in areas including domestic viole...

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This extraordinary story is told from the archive documents in the case of Sister Benedetta Carlini, an Abbess who was imprisoned for thirty-five y...

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Publisher: The New York Review of Books, IncAuthor(s): Barbara HahnNumber of pages: 272Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 127 x 201 x 18Cover type: ...

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Tour the city of Venice through the panoramic paintings of one of its most celebrated chroniclersThe lagoon city of Venice was home to some of the ...

When Martha Summerhayes (1844-1926) came as a bride to Fort Russell in Wyoming Territory in 1874, she "saw not much in those first few days besides...

Publisher: AbramsIllustration(s): Black-and-white Illustrations throughoutNumber of pages: 264Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 147 x 209 x 30Cover...

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