Vendome Press imprint: 3 books
Tuscan Countess
The Life and Extraordinary Times of Matilda of Canossa
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012
This is a fast-paced and colorful exploration of the life of Matilda of Canossa (c. 1046–1115), the woman who loved a pope and was loved by him, successfully defied the Holy Roman Emperor, and changed the map of Europe. A new kind of history, this biography also carries the flavor of present-day...
Young Michelangelo
The Path to the Sistine: A Biography
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012
Truly in a class of its own, Young Michelangelo is the most definitive and eye-opening study of the artist’s early life to come along in a generation. In this compelling account, renowned art historian John Spike paints a vivid portrait of one of the world’s greatest artists and the places and...
Theodora
Empress of Byzantium
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012
This book is a gripping, long-overdue biography of one of the most intriguing and powerful female figures of Western history: Theodora of Byzantium. Ruthlessly criticized and reviled by her contemporaries, Theodora, the beautiful wife of Emperor Justinian, began her life as the daughter of a bear-keeper...