TheBirthofVenus:ANovel
- 作者
- 出版社 RandomHousePublishingGroup
- 出版时间 2004年11月
- ISBN 9780812968972
- 定价 134.20
内容简介
AlessandraCecchiisnotquitefifteenwhenherfather,aprosperousclothmerchant,bringsayoungpainterbackfromnorthernEuropetodecoratethechapelwallsinthefamily’sFlorentinepalazzo.AchildoftheRenaissance,withaprecociousmindandatalentfordrawing,Alessandraisintoxicatedbythepainter’sabilities.ButtheirburgeoningrelationshipisinterruptedwhenAlessandra’sparentsarrangehermarriagetoawealthy,mucholderman.Meanwhile,Florenceischanging,increasinglysubjecttothegrowingsuppressionimposedbythefundamentalistmonkSavonarola,whoisseizingreligiousandpoliticalcontrol.AlessandraandhernativecityarecaughtbetweentheMedicistate,withitsloveofluxury,learning,anddazzlingart,andthehellfirepreachingandincreasingviolenceofSavonarola’sreactionaryfollowers.Playedoutagainstthisturbulentbackdrop,Alessandra’smarriedlifeisamisery,exceptforthesurprisingfreedomitallowshertopursueherpowerfulattractiontotheyoungpainterandhisart.TheBirthofVenusisatourdeforce,thefirsthistoricalnovelfromoneofBritain’smostinnovativewritersofliterarysuspense.ItbringsalivethehistoryofFlorenceatitsmostdramaticperiod,tellingacompulsivelyabsorbingstoryoflove,art,religion,andpowerthroughthepassionatevoiceofAlessandra,aheroinewiththesamevibrancyofspiritasherbelovedcity.FromtheHardcoveredition.,
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