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245 10 $aTigress of Forli :$bthe life of Caterina Sforza /$cElizabeth Lev.
264 1 $aLondon :$bHead of Zeus,$c2012.
300 $axv, 316 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations (some color), map, portraits ;$c24 cm
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504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 284-289) and index.
530 $aAlso issued online.
505 0 $aPrologue: Christmas cannons -- The education of an Amazon -- Childhood's end -- The countess-in-waiting -- Triumphal parade to Rome -- Courtiers and conspiracies -- The growth of the Riario dynasty -- The fairest in the realm -- The birth of Athena -- The lean years -- Taking center stage -- The retort at Ravaldino -- The spoils of war -- Fanning the flames -- Blinded by love -- Avenging fury -- Intrigue and invasion -- Italy's idol -- The long night of Castel Sant' Angelo -- Sleep after toil -- Epilogue: Mantua 1526.
520 $aBetween her birth in 1463 as the illegitimate daughter of the Duke of Milan, and her death in 1509 as a member of the powerful Medici family, the life of Caterina Sforza crossed the firmament of Renaissance Italy like a shooting star. She was painted by Botticelli, feted by Pope Sixtus IV, slandered by Macchiavelli and celebrated as a warrior who led her own troops fearlessly into battle. While defending her fortress city state of Forli, she was prepared to sacrifice her children rather than surrender, and she was eventually defeated, imprisoned and raped by a Borgia. Caterina Sforza bore eight children, buried three husbands and wrote a recipe book that has since been through more than 100 editions. Her youngest child became, like his mother, a brilliant soldier and a national hero. But not even the determined Caterina could have planned that her son's direct descendants would include the kings of France and of England or that she herself would be reborn 600 years later as the lead character in the multimillion selling videogame Assassin's Creed.
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