Book Description
Giovanni Boccaccio devoted the last decades of his life to compiling encyclopedic works in Latin. Among them is this text, the first collection of biographies in Western literature devoted to women.
Author : Giovanni Boccaccio
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 37,64 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780674011304
Giovanni Boccaccio devoted the last decades of his life to compiling encyclopedic works in Latin. Among them is this text, the first collection of biographies in Western literature devoted to women.
Author : Megan Mayhew Bergman
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 17,33 MB
Release : 2015-01-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1476786569
Nearly every story in this collection is based on a woman who attained some celebrity, from Lord Byron's illegitimate daughter, Allegra, to Oscar Wilde's troubled niece, Dolly.
Author : Frank Boott Goodrich
Publisher :
Page : 506 pages
File Size : 12,22 MB
Release : 1871
Category : Woman
ISBN :
Author : Charles Francis Horne
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 32,72 MB
Release : 2023-07-18
Category :
ISBN : 9781022616073
Part of a larger biographical series, this book examines the lives and legacies of some of the world's most famous artists and authors. Featuring well-known figures such as Leonardo da Vinci, William Shakespeare, and Michelangelo, as well as lesser-known artists and authors, this book offers an engaging and informative glimpse into the lives of these creative geniuses. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Susan E. Edgar
Publisher :
Page : 584 pages
File Size : 49,7 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781561569793
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 31,58 MB
Release : 1883
Category : Women
ISBN :
Author : Edith Horton
Publisher :
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 21,2 MB
Release : 1914
Category : Women
ISBN :
Author : Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
Publisher :
Page : 760 pages
File Size : 41,69 MB
Release : 1884
Category : Women
ISBN :
Author : Mrs. Newton Crosland
Publisher :
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 46,72 MB
Release : 1854
Category : Women
ISBN :
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 786 pages
File Size : 29,57 MB
Release : 1885
Category : United States
ISBN :