Book description
Florence in the fifteenth century was the undisputed centre of the
Italian Renaissance. Its legacy is apparent today in every aspect of
human endeavour. Out art and science, our learning and literature, our
Christianity and out civic liberties, even our conception of what
constitutes a gentleman, have all been shaped by Florentine thought
and deed.
In this brilliant and absorbing book Vincent Cronin brings vividly
to life the people and myriad achievements of this astonishingly
fruitful epoch in human history.
Vincent Cronin was educated at Ampleforth College, Harvard
University, and Trinity College, Oxford, from which he graduated with
honours in 1947. In addition to being a recipient of a W. H. Heinemann
Award (1955) and a Rockefeller Foundation Award (1958), Cronin is a
fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. His works have been widely
translated into European languages.
