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 13, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780802086501
Subjects: Short stories; History - General History; History; History: World; Italy; Renaissance; History / Renaissance; Europe - Italy
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.