A mattress maker's daughter : the Renaissance romance of Don Giovanni de' Medici and Livia Vernazza /
Dooley, Brendan Maurice,1953-author.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Prologue -- The family business -- A mattress maker's daughter -- The heart of combat -- Writing the passions -- A place for things -- Mind over matter -- Durable goods -- Time and memory -- Postscript.
Medici, Giovanni de', 1567-1621
Vernazza, Livia, 1590?-1655.
Princes
Soldiers
Women
Mistresses
Couples
Renaissance
Social change