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(0)Alessandro Barbero
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"A raw and compelling portrait of 411 BC Greece in which women must fight for justice and democracy" by the Strega Prize-winning Italian novelist ( La Stampa ). Athens, 411 BC . As the Peloponnesian War draws to a close, a political coup begins to take shape in Athens. Veterans of the infamous battle of Mantinea, Thrasyllus, and Polemon now live as humble farmers in the countryside. They are determined to find influential husbands for their daughters,...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First Pegasus Books cloth edition.
Language
English
Description
Dante brings the legendary author--and the medieval Italy of his era-- to vivid life, describing the political intrigue, battles, culture, and society that shaped his writing. Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy has defined how people imagine and depict heaven and hell for over seven centuries. However, outside of Italy, his other works are not well known, and less still is generally known about the context he wrote them in. In Dante, Barbero brings the...
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