The Beauty and the Terror: An Alternative History of the Italian Renaissance by Catherine Fletcher

The Beauty and the Terror: An Alternative History of the Italian Renaissance

Catherine Fletcher

407 pages first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction art history mysterious reflective slow-paced
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'Brilliant and gripping, here is the full true Renaissance in a history of compelling originality and freshness' SIMON SEBAG MONTEFIORE The Italian Renaissance shaped western culture – but it was far stranger and darker than many of us realise.We...

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informative 100%
challenging 44%
reflective 33%
dark 22%
inspiring 22%
adventurous 11%
funny 11%
hopeful 11%

Pace

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slow 44%

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