{"product_id":"merchant-of-prato-by-iris-origo","title":"Merchant Of Prato By Iris Origo","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished: 04\/05\/2017\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenres: History - Italy - Biography - Nonfiction - Medieval History - Renaissance - Medieval\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis extraordinary re-creation of the life of a medieval Italian merchant, Francesco di Marco Datini, is one of the greatest historical portraits written in the twentieth century.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on an astonishing cache of letters unearthed centuries after Datini's death, it reveals to us a shrewd, enterprising, anxious man, as he makes deals, furnishes his sumptuous house, buys silks for his outspoken young wife and broods on his legacy. It is an unequalled source of knowledge about the texture of daily life in the small, earthy, violent, striving world of fourteenth-century Tuscany.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Datini has now probably become most intimately accessible figure of the later Middle Ages ... brilliant and intricate' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'As a picture of Tuscany before the dawn of the Renaissance it is a complement to \u003ci\u003eThe Decameron\u003c\/i\u003e' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv itemprop=\"description\" id=\"scope_book_description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis extraordinary re-creation of the life of a medieval Italian merchant, Francesco di Marco Datini, is one of the greatest historical portraits written in the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing on an astonishing cache of letters unearthed centuries after Datini's death, it reveals to us a shrewd, enterprising, anxious man, as he makes deals, furnishes his sumptuous house, buys silks for his outspoken young wife and broods on his legacy. It is an unequalled source of knowledge about the texture of daily life in the small, earthy, violent, striving world of fourteenth-century Tuscany.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Datini has now probably become most intimately accessible figure of the later Middle Ages ... brilliant and intricate'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'As a picture of Tuscany before the dawn of the Renaissance it is a complement to\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Decameron\u003c\/i\u003e'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-testid=\"publisher-information\" class=\"pdp-spec\"\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003ePublisher information\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublisher:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"publisher\"\u003ePenguin Books Ltd\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eISBN:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"isbn\"\u003e9780241293928\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNumber of pages:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"numberOfPages\"\u003e400\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDimensions:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"height\"\u003e198\u003c\/span\u003e x \u003cspan itemprop=\"width\"\u003e130\u003c\/span\u003e x \u003cspan itemprop=\"depth\"\u003e25\u003c\/span\u003e mm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWeight:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"weight\"\u003e300 g\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLanguage:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"inLanguage\"\u003eEnglish\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Starlight Library","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":53395318931769,"sku":null,"price":25.0,"currency_code":"IQD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0951\/4624\/6457\/files\/9780241293928-jacket-large.webp?v=1781084406","url":"https:\/\/starlightlibrary.shop\/products\/merchant-of-prato-by-iris-origo","provider":"Starlight Library","version":"1.0","type":"link"}