The History of Italy
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
The History of Italy
By (Author) Francesco Guicciardini
Edited and translated by Sidney Alexander
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
29th August 1984
United States
Classifications
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
945
Physical Properties
Paperback
488
Width 152mm, Height 235mm
595g
Description
In 1537 Francesco Guicciardini, adviser and confidant to three popes, governor of several central Italian states, ambassador, administrator, military captain--and persona non grata with the ruling Medici after the siege of Florence--retired to his villa to write a history of his times. His Storia d'Italia became the classic history of Italy--both a
Reviews
"Guicciardini's objectivity is awesome ... the combination of tumultuous events and the cold lunar language he uses to describe them gives his history its unique and incomparable cachet."--The New York Times
