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THE DEADLY SISTERHOOD
FRIEDA, LEONIE
Skylight Books – Hotlist Fall 2012
The book is one of drama on a grand scale, a Renaissance epic, as Christendom emerged from the shadows of
the calamitous 14th century. The sweeping tale involves inspired and corrupt monarchs, the finest thinkers, the
most brilliant artists, and the greatest beauties in Christendom. Here are the stories of its most remarkable
women, who are all joined by birth, marriage and friendship and who ruled for a time in place of their men-folk:
Lucrezia Turnabuoni (Queen Mother of Florence, the power behind the Medici throne), Clarice Orsini (Roman
princess, feudal wife), Beatrice d'Este (Golden Girl of the Renaissance), Caterina Sforza (Lioness of the
Romagna), Isabella d'Este (the Acquisitive Marchesa), Giulia Farnese ('la bella', the family asset), Isabella
d'Aragona (the Weeping Duchess) and Lucrezia Borgia (the Virtuous Fury).
HISTORY
ORION 512 PAGES
9780297852087
$39.99 HC
NOVEMBER 2012
DEARIE: THE REMARKABLE LIFE OF JULIA CHILD
SPITZ, BOB
A fearless, ambitious, supremely confident woman, Julia Child took on all the pretensions that embellished tony
French cuisine and fricasseed them to a fare-thee-well, paving the way for everything that has happened since in
American cooking, from TV dinners and Big Macs to sea urchin foam and the Food Channel. Julia Child’s story,
however, is more than the tale of a talented woman and her sumptuous craft. It is also a saga of America’s
coming of age and growing sophistication, from the Depression Era to the turbulent sixties and the excesses of
the eighties to the greening of the American kitchen. Julia had an effect on and was equally affected by the baby
boom, the sexual revolution, and the start of the women’s liberation movement. On the centenary of her birth,
Julia finally gets the biography she richly deserves. An in-depth, intimate narrative, full of fresh information and
insights, Dearie is an entertaining, all-out adventure story of one of our most fascinating and beloved figures.
BIOGRAPHY 1ST PRINTING 100,000
KNOPF 576 PAGES
9780307272225
$33.00 HC
AUGUST 2012
DEATH IN ITALY
BUXTON, IAN
The definitive account of the Amanda Knox case.
TRUE CRIME
ST. MARTIN'S PRESS 464 PAGES
9781250024244
$29.99 HC
AUGUST 2012
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