Cardinal's Hat: Money, Ambition, And Everyday Life in the Court of a Borgia Prince - Softcover

Hollingsworth, Mary

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1585678031 ISBN 13: 9781585678037

Publisher: Overlook Pr, 2006

Synopsis

Working with Ippolito's letters and ledgers, recently uncovered in an archive in Modena, Italy, Mary Hollingsworth has pieced together a fascinating and undeniably titillating tale of this Renaissance cardinal and his road to power and wealth in sixteenth century Europe. The ledgers document every aspect of Ippolito's comings and goings, and he comes to life out of the minutiae, as do the lives of his staff.

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Review:

A book as rich and quirky as the Renaissance itself (David Starkey)

Beautifully judged and deeply researched (Charles Nicholl Sunday Times)

A fascinating book; not just for the details, but for the skill with which Hollingsworth interprets them (Jane Stevenson Observer)

As Mary Hollingsworth shows in this brilliant piece of historical detective work and narrative reconstruction, no one schmoozed the great and the good of 16th-century Europe with quite such élan as Ippolito d'Este. (Kathryn Hughes Guardian)

Mary Hollingsworth has succeeded in producing a riveting narrative full of characters otherwise forgotten by history. (History Today)

Exceptionally interesting ... Hollingsworth's narrative is seamless and her prose agreeable. (Jonathan Yardley Washington Post)

About the Author:

Mary Hollingworth received her Ph.D. in Renaissance Architecture from the University of Anglia. She ahs lectured in art and architecture at several universities in the United Kingdom and has published several books on the patronage of Italian Renaissance art, as well as articles in Art History, Atlas of World Art, and The Times (London), among others."

About this edition

• Publisher: Overlook Pr
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1585678031
• ISBN 13: 9781585678037
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 308