An Italian Renaissance Sextet
Subtitle: Six Tales in Historical Context (Lorenzo Da Ponte Italian Library)
Contributors: Murtha Baca (Translator)
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: August 30, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780802089939
Subjects: Short stories; Italian fiction; Europe - Italy; History; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Translations into English; History: World; Italy; Classics; History / Renaissance; Renaissance; 15th century; Short stories, Italian
First sentence: Not long ago there lived in this glorious city of ours [Florence] a very beautiful young woman named Ricciarda, who was no less endowed with virtue than with beauty.