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In the company of the courtesan kindle edition by dunant, sarah. Sign up to our emails to be the first to know about new releases, the latest news from sarah dunant, and take part. She has worked widely in print, television, and radio, and is now a fulltime writer. A few months ago, i had the opportunity to finally meet sarah dunant at a book reading and signing of this book in seattle. The naked model was almost certainly a courtesan living in venice at the time and it was courtesan culture that so interested me. Sarah dunant is the author of the international bestsellers the birth of venus and in the company of the courtesan, sacred hearts, and blood and beauty, which have received major acclaim on both sides of the atlantic. She has two daughters, and lives in london and florence. This book is wellwritten, and very much like the birth of venus, dunants 2004 novel that is set in florence at the end of the fifteenth century. Sarah was raised by her father david dunant, who was a steward for the welsh airlines and later became a manager at the british airways along with his wife estelle who. The first edition of the novel was published in 2003, and was written by sarah dunant. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 368 pages and is available in paperback format.
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She is married with two daughters, and lives in london and florence. Sarah dunant born 8 august 1950 is a british novelist, journalist, broadcaster, and critic. Her earlier novels include more about sarah dunant. She is the daughter of david dunant, a former welsh airline steward who later became manager of british airways, and his french wife. Sarah dunants epic novel of sixteenthcentury renaissance italy is a story about the sins of pleasure and the pleasures of sin, an intoxicating mix of fact and fiction, and a dazzling portait of one of the worlds greatest cities at its most potent moment in history. Now sarah dunant turns her discerning eye to one of the worlds most intriguing and infamous. Having had the pleasure of being in an online book discussion of in the company of the courtesan last year with ms.
Dunant writes with such power and passion, you can feel the blood of the characters pulse just beneath her words on the page. Escaping the sack of rome in 1527, with their stomachs. In the company of the courtesan opens with fiammetta bianchini, the most accomplished courtesan in. Setting a pace that never subsides, her latest story, told by bucino, dwarf and faithful servant to roman courtesan fiammetta, chronicles trials endured following the brutal 1527 sack of rome. But i think what made the novel different and such a challenge for me was its narrator. The voice of the dwarf bucino teodoldi opens the story with characteristic energy. The story begins in 1527 with the sack of rome by irony of. Sarah dunant is a cultural commentator, awardwinning thriller writer and author of five novels set in renaissance italy exploring womens lives through art, sex and religion. In the company of the courtesan by sarah dunant 408pp, little, brown. Most interesting is the sexual politics of the time, particularly the presentation of the daily habits of a c. The birth of venus, sarah dunants first historical novel, is one of my alltime favorite books. Virginia rounding enjoys sarah dunants in the company of the courtesan, a vivid recreation of the life of a working girl in renaissance.
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