Sex and the City of Ladies (inbunden)
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Inbunden (Hardback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
80
Utgivningsdatum
2020-09-03
Förlag
TLS Books
Dimensioner
183 x 114 x 15 mm
Vikt
159 g
Antal komponenter
1
ISBN
9780008389604

Sex and the City of Ladies

Rewriting History with Cleopatra, Lucrezia Borgia and Catherine the Great

av Lisa Hilton
Inbunden,  Engelska, 2020-09-03
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The bestselling author and historian Lisa Hilton picks up the mythical City of Ladies where the medieval writer Christine de Pisan left off, continuing a conversation about gender and greatness that began more than six hundred years ago. In 1405 Christine de Pisan took up the pen to defend her maligned sex. Her book, The City of Ladies, was built around preserving women's reputations from the slights and misunderstandings of history. In it the author is visited by three spirits Justice, Rectitude and Reason who guide her in sifting through countless lives, in search of worthy citizens. Over 600 years later, the historian and novelist Lisa Hilton picks up the book and promptly falls asleep, only to be visited by three great women from history: Cleopatra, Lucrezia Borgia and Catherine the Great. And they arent happy. Having found themselves barred from the original City of Ladies, they want to know why. And isnt it time, they ask, for a new author to take up the pen? What follows is a reassessment of the past, in which deeds and reputations, rumours and reality are held up to the light, and history is wrested back from the distortions of misogyny.
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'Clever, droll and fabulous a thought-provoking blend of history, fable and glamour' Lucy Worsley, historian A witty and wonderful woman's-eye view of three of history's most maligned female power brokers Hallie Rubenhold, 2020 Baillie-Gifford-Prize-winning author of The Five

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Lisa Hilton is a biographer, art historian and the author of the internationally bestselling art world thriller series Maestra. She has been reviewing for the TLS for over twenty years. Lisa lives in Venice, Italy, with her daughter.

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