Three compelling biographies of remarkable women
May 01, 2018
3 minutes
Three of the season's outstanding biographies relate the lives of three very different women at three very different periods in history, each separated by centuries.
English professor Ramie Targoff's Renaissance Woman tells the story of Vittoria Colonna, the noble-born 15th-century Italian Renaissance patroness and confidante of Michelangelo.
Veteran science lecturer Dr. Emily Winterburn's is the latest volume to lay out the fascinating story of the sister of famed English astronomer William Herschel. The book dramatizes
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