Her youngest son would become - like her - a brilliant soldier and a national hero, and the next four generations of her descendants would include two Dukes of Tuscany, a queen of France, and a queen of England. The astonishing life of Caterina Sforza, one of the most prominent women of Renaissance Italy, who was a wife, mother, leader, and warrior with enough fierceness to make Machiavelli himself wince.In this glittering biography, Elizabeth Lev reexamines Caterinas extraordinary life and accomplishments. Remembered as the author of a recipe book that went through more than 100 editions, Caterina was honoured at her death as without a doubt the first lady of Italy. She was celebrated as a warrior who fearlessly led her own troops into battle, and ruthlessly defended her city-state of Forli (a cause for which she was ready to sacrifice her own children), but Caterina was eventually defeated, imprisoned and raped by Cesare Borgia. In this glittering biography, Elizabeth Lev reexamines Caterinas extraordinary life and accomplishments. She was painted by Botticelli, slandered by Machiavelli, and feted by Pope Sixtus IV. The astonishing life of Caterina Sforza, one of the most prominent women of Renaissance Italy, who was a wife, mother, leader, and warrior with enough fierceness to make Machiavelli himself wince. In her 46 years she bore eight children and. Tigress of Forli: The Life of Caterina Sforzaīetween her birth in 1463 as the illegitimate daughter of the Duke of Milan, to her death in 1509 as a member of the powerful Medici family, Caterina Sforza's life crossed the firmament of Italy's High Renaissance like a shooting star.
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