Description: Bianca Capello (1548 β 1587) was a Venetian noblewoman, renowned for her beauty and intelligence, whose court intrigues were the scandal of her time. Against the will of her family, Bianca ran off and married a young Florentine named Pietro Bonaventuri. She soon became the mistress of Francesco I deβ Medici, at first secretly and then openly after the murder of her husband (1569). She succeeded in marrying Francesco (1578) using a bizarre plot in which she feigned pregnancy and presented him the baby of a common woman as her son. Read this book to learn more details about the life of this fascinating woman. Title: Bianca Cappello Author: Mary G. Steegmann Publisher: London Constable and Company Publication Date: 1913 Edition: First edition Binding: Hardcover, wine-red original binding with bronzy-gold embossed spine title, blind embossing on cover Language: English Illustrated: 14 plates Condition: Please see the images Printing: First printing Pages: 293 Measures approximately: 8 3/4 x 6 x 1 3/4 inches (22 x 15 x 2 cm.) Interests: Biography, Medici, Venice, Women's Studies, Italian History, Florence Italy Love it β‘ Get it β Get Lucky π Vintage
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Binding: Hardcover
Signed: No
Publisher: London Constable and Company
Subject: History
Year Printed: 1913
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Illustrated
Author: Mary G. Steegmann
Region: North America
Personalized: No
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Topic: Biography