The Story of Florence
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Published: December 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 464
ISBN-13: 9781417971107
Subjects: European history (ie other than Britain & Ireland); History: World; History; History - General History; Italy; Europe - Italy
First sentence: BEFORE the imagination of a thirteenth century poet, one of the sweetest singers of the dolce stil novo, there rose a phantasy of a transfigured city, transformed into a capital of Fairyland, with his lady and himself as fairy queen and king: "Amor, eo chero mea donna in domino, PArno balsamo fino, le mura di Fiorenza inargentate, le rughe di cristallo lastricate, fortezze alte e merlate, mio fedel fosse ciaschedun Latino."