The Beauty and the Terror : An Alternative History of the Italian RenaissanceAuthor: Fletcher, Catherine Italy Published on 4 March 2021 by Vintage Publishing (Vintage) in the United Kingdom. Paperback 432 pages 129 x 196 x 31 324g *A THE TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020*'Brilliant and gripping, here is the full true Renaissance in a history of compelling originality and freshness' Simon Sebag MontefioreThe Italian Renaissance shaped Western culture but it was far stranger and darker than many of us realise. We know the Mona Lisa

The other - who couldn't be more different - is down to her last penny

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an empathetic friend of the people

John Preston delivers the definitive account of Maxwell's extraordinary rise and scandalous fall

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It is a bitter blow to leave their London home

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Can you survive the night

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