The Pope's DaughterThe Pope's Daughter
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Current format, Book, 2005, , No Longer Available. Offered in 0 more formatsThe illegitimate daughter of Pope Julius II, Felice della Rovere became one of the most powerful and accomplished women of the Italian Renaissance. Now, Caroline Murphy vividly captures the untold story of a rare woman who moved with confidence through a world of popes and princes.Using a wide variety of sources, including Felice's personal correspondence, as well as diaries, account books, and chronicles of Renaissance Rome, Murphy skillfully weaves a compelling portrait of Thomas E. Mann is the W. Averell Harriman Chair and Senior Fellow in Governance Studies at TheBrookings Institution. The author of numerous books on American government, and a contributor to major magazines and newspapers like Washington Post and New York Times, he is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Mann has served asco-director (with Ornstein) of the Transition to Governing Project and seniorcouns elor (with Ornstein) to the Continuity of Government Commission. He lives in Bethesda, Maryland.Norman J. Ornstein is a Resident Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research. An election analyst for CBS News, he writes a weekly column called "Congress Inside Out" for Roll Call. His work has also appeared in The New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal,and Foreign Affairs, and he appears regularly on television programst perilously close to losing everything she had spent her life acquiring.With a marvelous cast of characters, this is a spellbinding biography set against the brilliant backdrop of Renaissance Rome.
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