The secret book of Grazia dei Rossi
Subtitle: book one
By: Jacqueline Park
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 743
ISBN-13: 9781770898899; 9781770898905
Copyright date: 1997
Subjects: Jewish women; Mothers and sons; Women; Historischer Roman; Women household employees; Fiction; Renaissance; Amerikanisches Englisch; History
Description: Grazia dei Rossi, private secretary to the world-renowned Isabella d'Este, is the daughter of an eminent Jewish banker, the wife of the pope's Jewish physician, and the lover of a Christian prince. In a "secret book," written as a legacy for her son, she records her struggles to choose between the seductions of the Christian world and a return to the family, traditions, and duties to her Jewish roots. As she re-creates Renaissance Italy in captivating detail, Jacqueline Park gives us a timeless portrait of a brave and brilliant woman trapped in an unforgiving, inflexible society.
Notes: Issued also in electronic format.