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House of Secrets: the many lives of a Florentine palazzo

By Levy , Allison Mary

Book information

Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing;Tauris Parke
Year
2019
ISBN
9781788313605, 9781786725714, 1786725711
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
10 MB (10100319 bytes)
Pages
256 pages\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
-- 1968- -- Travel -- Italy -- Florence;Palazzo RuAllison M. -- (Allison Mary)Italy) -- History;Upper class families -- Italy --Italy);Italy -- FlorenceManners and customs;Renaissance;Renaissance--Italy

Description

When Italian Renaissance professor Allison Levy takes up residency in the palazzo of her dreams – the Palazzo Rucellai in Florence – she finds herself consumed by the space and swept into the vortex of its history. She spends every waking moment in dusty Florentine libraries and exploring the palazzo's myriad rooms seeking to uncover its secrets. As she unearths the stories of those who have lived behind its celebrated façade, she discovers that it has been witness to weddings, suicides, orgies and even a murder. Entwining Levy's own experiences with the ghosts of the Palazzo Rucellai's past, House of Secrets paints a scintillating portrait of a family, a palace and one of the most iconic cities in the world.

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