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    A Decade of Italian Women
    A Decade of Italian Women
    A Decade of Italian Women
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    A Decade of Italian Women

    By T. Adolphus Trollope

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    First published in 1859.Biographies of ten Italian women -- Saint Catherine of Siena, Caterina Sforza, Vittoria Colonna, Tullia D'Aragona, Olympia Morata, Isabella Andreini, Bianca Cappello, Olympia Pamfili, Elisabetta Sirani, and La Corilla.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSeltzer Books
    Release dateMar 1, 2018
    ISBN9781455446148
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