Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Milan, 1475-1497

Julia Cartwright's graceful biography brings to life Beatrice d'Este, the brilliant young Duchess of Milan whose short career sat at the dazzling, dangerous centre of the Italian Renaissance court.

At a glance She was dead before thirty, yet in her few years Beatrice d'Este gathered around her… This biography restores her to the vivid foreground she once occupied. What it's about Julia Cartwright tells the life of Beatrice d'Este, who married Lodovico… Drawing on letters and contemporary accounts, the book follows her upbringing at the…

Julia Cartwright tells the life of Beatrice d'Este, who married Lodovico Sforza and became Duchess of Milan during one of the most brilliant moments of Renaissance culture.