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Mar 21

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Princes of the Renaissance by Mary Hollingsworth: Giveaway

Posted by Teddyrose@1 on March 2, 2021
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Princes of the Renaissance by Mary HollingsworthPrinces of the Renaissance by Mary Hollingsworth

Thanks to Jen Rivera of Pegasus Books, I am giving away one print copy of ‘Princes of the Renaissance: Hidden Power Behind an Artistic Revolution’ by Mary Hollingsworth.

Description Princes of the Renaissance by Mary Hollingsworth


A vivid history of the lives and times of the aristocratic elite whose patronage created the art and architecture of the Italian Renaissance.

The fifteenth and sixteenth centuries was an era of dramatic political, religious, and cultural change in the Italian peninsula, witnessing major innovations in the visual arts, literature, music, and science.

Princes of the Renaissance charts these developments in a sequence of eleven chapters, each of which is devoted to two or three princely characters with a cast of minor ones—from Federigo da Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino, to Cosimo I de’ Medici, Duke of Florence, and from Isabella d’Este of Mantua to Lucrezia Borgia. Many of these princes were related by blood or marriage, creating a web of alliances that held Renaissance society together—but whose tensions could spark feuds that threatened to tear it apart.

A vivid depiction of the lives and times of the aristocratic elite whose patronage created the art and architecture of the Renaissance, Princes of the Renaissance is a narrative that is as rigorous and definitively researched as it is accessible and entertaining. Perhaps most importantly, Mary Hollingsworth sets the aesthetic achievements of these aristocratic patrons in the context of the volatile, ever-shifting politics of an age of change and innovation.

Praise Princes of the Renaissance by Mary Hollingsworth


“Historian Hollingsworth offers a lively and well-organized group portrait of nobles who patronized the artists of the Italian Renaissance. Members of the Sforza, de Medici, d’Este, and Borgia dynasties make frequent appearances as Hollingsworth details the alliances they built and broke in order to maintain power.” – Publisher Weekly

“Hollingsworth astutely shows how, in an era before royalties, museums, and mass-market printing, artists either worked for the rich or starved. Fortunately, it was considered proper for an aristocrat to take an interest in cultural matters.” – Kirkus Reviews

About Mary Hollingsworth


Princes of the Renaissance by Mary Hollingsworth

© Mary Hollingsworth 2013

Her subsequent work on the papers of Cardinal Ippolito d’Este, preserved in huge quantities in the Italian state archives at Modena, broadened her horizons and expertise well beyond the confines of art history and into the everyday world of Renaissance Europe – not only the art and the fripperies and baubles we associate with pomp and prestige, but also the soap, the candles, the shoelaces, the cooking pots and the drains, the stuff of everyday life.

She has published widely on all these topics in academic journals and was one of the senior academics on the Material Renaissance Project, a collaborative venture funded by the Arts & Humanities Research Board and the Getty Grant Program, which investigated costs and consumption in Italy 1300-1650.

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Jan 21

15

Last Queen by Clive Irving: Giveaway

Posted by Teddyrose@1 on January 15, 2021
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Last Queen by Clive IrvingLast Queen by Clive Irving


Thanks to Jen Rivera of Pegasus Books, I am giving away one print copy of ‘The Last Queen: Elizabeth II’s Seventy Year Battle to Save the House of Windsor’ by Clive Irving.

Description Last Queen by Clive Irving


A timely and revelatory new biography of Queen Elizabeth (and her family) exploring how the Windsors have evolved and thrived, as the modern world has changed around them.

 Clive Irving’s stunning new narrative biography The Last Queen probes the question of the British monarchy’s longevity.  In 2021, the Queen Elizabeth II finally appears to be at ease in the modern world, helped by the new generation of Windsors. But through Irving’s unique insight there emerges a more fragile institution, whose extraordinarily dutiful matriarch has managed to persevere with dignity, yet in doing so made a Faustian pact with the media.

The Last Queen is not a conventional biography—and the book is therefore not limited by the traditions of that genre. Instead, it follows Elizabeth and her family’s struggle to survive in the face of unprecedented changes in our attitudes towards the royal family, with the critical eye of an investigative reporter who is present and involved on a highly personal level.

Praise Last Queen by Clive Irving


“Irving does an excellent job of providing a respectful and unbiased approach to many aspects of the lives of the queen and her family while also illuminating the knotty relationships among the Windsors, the press, and the public, leaving readers enlightened and in awe over Britain’s resilient and gracious monarch.” – Booklist

“Clive Irving’s immensely readable book brings real authority, context, and personal insight to our understanding of Queen Elizabeth. As a newspaperman in the center of the coverage for decades, he has a wonderful eye for the illuminating detail and a sense of history that pulls together the threads of social and political change, never losing sight of the remarkable woman at the center of his enquiring gaze. The Last Queen is as entertaining as it is essential, and I read it with gusto.” – Tina Brown

About Clive IrvingLast Queen by Clive Irving


Clive Irving has had a long and career in journalism on both sides of the Atlantic. He has been managing editor of the Sunday Times in London, he was director of current affairs programming for London Weekend Television, and a consulting editor for Newsday in New York.

He was the founding editor of Conde Nast Traveler, where he is still Editor Emeritus, and is a regular columnist for the Daily Beast. Most recently, he was a key contributor to the acclaimed two-part BBC documentary, Margaret: The Rebel Princess, which was broadcast on PBS in America. Irving lives in Sag Harbor, NY.

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Aug 20

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Journalist by Jerry A. Rose, Lucy Rose Fischer

Posted by Teddyrose@1 on August 14, 2020
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Journalist by Lucy Rose Fischer, Jerry A. RoseJournalist by Lucy Rose Fischer, Jerry A. Rose


Thanks to Leslie Barrett of PR By the Book,  I am giving away one print copy of ‘The Journalist: Life and Loss in America’s Secret War’ by Lucy Rose Fischer and  Jerry A. Rose.

Description Journalist by Lucy Rose Fischer, Jerry A. Rose

In the early 1960s, Jerry Rose, a writer and artist, travels to Vietnam to teach English and gather material for his writing. Almost accidentally, he becomes one of America’s most important war correspondents. He interviews Vietnamese villagers in a countryside riddled by a war of terror and embeds himself with soldiers on the ground—the start of a dramatic and dangerous career. Through his stories and photographs, he exposes the secret beginnings of America’s Vietnam War at a time when most Americans have not yet heard of Vietnam. His writing is described as “war reporting that ranks with the best of Ernest Hemingway and Ernie Pyle.”

In spring 1965, Jerry agrees to serve as an advisor to the Vietnamese government at the invitation of his friend and former doctor, who is the new Prime Minister. He hopes to use his deep knowledge of the country to help Vietnam. In September 1965, while on a trip to investigate corruption in the provinces of Vietnam, Jerry dies in a plane crash in Vietnam.

Now, more than half a century later, his sister, Lucy Rose Fischer, has drawn on her late brother’s journals, letters, and other writings to craft his story. She has written this memoir in “collaboration” with her late brother—giving the term “ghostwritten” a whole new meaning.

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Praise Journalist by Lucy Rose Fischer, Jerry A. Rose

“Jerry Rose, as a young journalist in Vietnam in the early 1960s, was an intimate witness to the beginnings of the tragedy that became America’s Vietnam War. This riveting memoir is a chronicle of ambition, war, love, and loss.” – Judy Bernstein, author of They Poured Fire on Us and Disturbed in Their Nests

“This memoir is a must-read for those who want to see, hear, and feel Vietnam in the turbulent and secretive 1960s.” – Professor James B. Wells, Eastern Kentucky University

About Jerry A. RoseJournalist by Lucy Rose Fischer, Jerry A. Rose


Jerry A. Rose published feature articles and photographs in TIME, The New York Times, The Saturday Evening Post, New Republic, The Reporter, and other news venues. He authored two books: Reported to be Alive and Face of Anguish, a book of his photographs. He was one of the most accomplished journalists of his time.

Website: http://jerryrosevietnam.com/index.html

Journalist by Lucy Rose Fischer, Jerry A. RoseAbout Lucy Rose Fischer


Lucy Rose Fischer, Jerry’s younger sister, an award-winning Minnesota author, artist, and social scientist, is the author of five previous books: Linked Lives: Adult Daughters and Their Mothers; Older Minnesotans; Older Volunteers; I’m New at Being Old; and Grow Old With Me, as well as more than 100 professional research articles. She has a PhD in sociology and an MA in Asian Studies.

Website: https://lucyrosedesigns.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LucyRoseDesigns
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LucyRoseDesigns

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