by Benedetta Craveri · Adelphi · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788845923029
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«Amanti e regine. Il potere delle donne» is the historical essay by Benedetta Craveri, published by Adelphi in paperback, with 432 pages, in Italian.
Craveri covers three centuries of European history, from Catherine de' Medici to Marie Antoinette, portraying queens and royal favourites who influenced the courts of the Valois and the Bourbons. The essay blends biography and politics and shows how these women used beauty, intelligence and ambition in a male-dominated world.
It belongs to the Gli Adelphi collection, where it bears number 332. The work originally appeared in 2005; this Adelphi edition is from 2008.
For readers interested in the history of women, royalty and European courts, and in historical biography.
Adele Benedetta Craveri is an Italian literary critic, academic and writer.
