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Three fires / Denise Mina.
Van Pelt Library PR6063.I457 T47 2023
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mina, Denise, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Savonarola, Girolamo, 1452-1498--Fiction.
- Savonarola, Girolamo.
- Clergy--Fiction.
- Clergy.
- Bonfires--Fiction.
- Bonfires.
- Catholic Church--Corrupt practices--Fiction.
- Catholic Church.
- Medici, House of--Fiction.
- Medici, House of.
- Florence (Italy)--Fiction.
- Florence (Italy).
- Savonarola, Girolamo, 1452-1498.
- Cancel culture.
- Italy--Florence.
- Genre:
- Historical fiction.
- Thrillers (Fiction)
- novellas.
- Biographical fiction
- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- History
- Novellas
- Political fiction
- Biographical fiction.
- Novels.
- Novellas.
- Physical Description:
- 136 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First Pegasus Books cloth edition.
- Other Title:
- 3 fires
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Pegasus Crime, 2023.
- Summary:
- Reimaging the "Bonfire of the Vanities" through a series of fires lit throughout Florence at the end of the fifteenth century, this modern take on a fascinating historical story follows Girolamo Savonarola, a Dominican friar who, railing against the vice and avarice of the ruling Medici family, was instrumental in their removal from power.
- Girolamo Savonarola was a Dominican friar living in Florence at the end of the fifteenth century. An anti-corruption campaigner, his hellfire preaching increasingly spilled over into tirades against all luxuries that tempted his followers toward sin. These sermons led to the infamous "Bonfire of the Vanities"--a series of fires lit throughout Florence for the incineration of everything from books, extravagant clothing, playing cards, musical instruments, make-up, and mirrors to paintings, tapestries, and sculptures. Railing against the vice and avarice of the ruling Medici family, he was instrumental in their removal from power--and for a short time became the puritanical leader of the city. After turning his attention to corruption within the Catholic Church, he was first excommunicated and then executed by a combination of hanging and being burned at the stake.
- ISBN:
- 9781639364558
- 1639364552
- OCLC:
- 1390454044
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