Fire in the City
Subtitle: Savonarola in Renaissance Florence
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: June 30, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 418
ISBN-13: 9780195324105
Subjects: Europe - Italy; Renaissance; History; History - General History; History: World
First sentence: IN THE FINAL MONTHS of Savonarola's life - it was early 1498 - a plot was concocted to blow him up in the cathedral of Florence, as his great preacher's voice boomed forth from the pulpit to thousands of listeners.