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Historian and biographer Leonie Frieda tells the stories of eight remarkable women who all experienced great riches and power during the Italian Renaissance. They include Lucrezia Turnabuoni, Queen Mother of Florence, the power behind the Medici throne; Beatrice d’Este, the Golden Girl of the Renaissance;  Isabella d’Aragona, the Weeping Duchess; and Lucrezia Borgia; the Virtuous Fury. While they all knew great fortune, they also experienced banishment, poverty, and the loss of husbands and children.

Frieda is also author of a biography of Catherine de Medici that was a bestseller on both sides of the Atlantic and was translated into six languages.