 | Pietro Bembo: Lover, Linguist, Cardinal Subjects: Bembo Pietro 1470–1547; Authors Italian -- 16th century -- Biography; Humanists -- Italy -- Biography; Cardinals -- Italy -- Biography; Carol Kidwell's lavishly illustrated book is the first full-length biography of Renaissance Cardinal Pietro Bembo. Her extensive use of translations from Bembo's 2,600 letters, including exchanges of love letters with Lucrezia Borgia, provide a picture of personal life in the brilliant, turbulent years of the Italian Rrenaissance. |
