Son Of Siena
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Son Of Siena
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Author : Brian Steven Lavallee
language : en
Publisher: Dog Ear Publishing
Release Date : 2009-04
Son Of Siena written by Brian Steven Lavallee and has been published by Dog Ear Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-04 with categories.
The eye-openers begin on page 1 of Son of Siena, where Roberto muses, "I could not help but think what the world would be like if I did not help Italy and Germany win World War II." Thus begins the ride of a lifetime-and what a life That life begins and ends in Siena, Italy, and winds through America and Europe at crucial moments of history during both World Wars and their pre- and post- periods, with an influence that spreads throughout the world like tentacles. Yes, those tentacles are ominous but the creature that possesses them is also blessed with great lights that pervade the entire book. Roberto is very much a man of this world, but surrounding him throughout his life are people who are devout, who would have him also take thought of the world to come. Will Roberto do that? What in this world seems more worthy of his attention, and how will he use it to achieve his grand desires? Will he be pleased with the results? In finding the answers to those questions, you will be joining Roberto and a fascinating assortment of supporting characters; and be blissfully exposed to an astonishing array of historical facts that both broaden and deepen a spiritual and intellectual odyssey undertaken by a Son of Siena. Beginning in 1896 Italy, the first half of the story flows through the history and relationships that shape Roberto's life. During these unaltered historic events, the main character eventually accumulates great wealth. After a seminal event changes Roberto fundamentally, he decides Italy needs to be the greatest of the great powers rather than the least. As Roberto begins the building of the Second Roman Empire, he attempts to remain anonymous for the safety of his family. This he believes can be accomplished by becoming Benito Mussolini's muse. Will Roberto be able to handle Mussolini? Will some parts of history not allow themselves to be altered? What will the world look like, and will it appear much different? I am a registered nurse and work in a hospital in Massachusetts. I have bachelors of science degrees in nursing and biology from the University of Massachusetts at Lowell. I am married with two children. I was born in Lowell, Massachusetts and was raised in the greater Lowell area. My job is nursing but my passion has always been history. My love of history began in my early teens and has grown since. One thing about history is that it repeats itself because fundamentally most people's motives have not changed. Whether you were a farmer in Mesopotamia or a steel worker in 1930's Germany, the need to eat, clothe yourself, and provide shelter remained paramount. The fascinating thing about people is to what extent they will go to meet those needs; and how their decisions concerning the economic and social structures, military and religious matters are affected. I have studied history for over thirty years. One day in early 2006, I was doing a dressing change on a patient. We were talking about our jobs and mutual interest in books when I mentioned my idea about writing a historic novel. After listening to me, the patient encouraged me to put the story on paper because he believed people would enjoy the book. I thought he was a kind older man, but wondered whether he knew what he was talking about. When I went home that night I googled his name to see what would come up. I was greatly surprised when all sorts of literary prizes and awards were associated with his name. The next night I began writing Son of Siena. I cannot say who the person was because he was a patient of mine, and there are privacy laws involved, though I wish I could.
Saint Catherine Of Siena As Seen In Her Letters
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Author : St Catherine of Siena
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2017-11-16
Saint Catherine Of Siena As Seen In Her Letters written by St Catherine of Siena and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-16 with categories.
Table of Persons Addressed 7 Introduction: St Catherine of Siena as Seen in Her Letters 9 Chief Events in the Life of St. Catherine 29 Brief Outline of Contemporary Public Events 34 Letters To Monna Alessa dei Saracini 38 To Benincasa her brother, when he was in Florence 42 To the Venerable Religious, Brother Antonio of Nizza 46 To Monna Agnese, who was the wife of Messer Orso Malavolti 51 To Sister Eugenia, her niece at the Convent of St. Agnes of Montepulciano 61 To Nanna, daughter of Benincasa, a little maid, her niece 70 Letters on the Consecrated Life 74 To Brother William of England 78 To Daniella of Orvieto, Clothed with the Habit of St. Dominic 84 To Monna Agnese, wife of Francesco, a tailor of Florence 90 Letters in response to certain criticisms 92 To Monna Orsa, wife of Bartolo Usimbardi, and to Monna Agnese 93 To a Religious man in Florence, who was shocked at her Ascetic Practices 95 To Brother Bartolomeo Dominici 97 To Brother Matteo di Francesco Tolomei 100 To a Mantellata of Saint Dominic, called Catarina di Scetto 109 Letters To Neri di Landoccio dei Pagliaresi 112 To Monna Giovanna and her other daughters in Siena 117 To Messer John, the Soldier of Fortune 120 To Monna Colomba in Lucca 123 To Brother Raimondo of Capua, of the Order of the Preachers 128 To Gregory XI 135 To Gregory XI 145 To Gregory XI 152 To Brother Raimondo of Capua, at Avignon 157 To Catarina of the Hospital, and Giovanna di Capo 163 To Sister Daniella of Orvieto 168 To Brother Raimondo of Capua, and to Master John III 180 To Sister Bartolomea della Seta 185 To Gregory XI 192 To the King of France 194 Letters to Florence 200 To the Eight of War chosen by the Commune of Florence 202 To Buonaccorso di Lapo: written when the Saint was at Avignon 205 To Gregory XI 208 To Monna Lapa, her mother, before she returned from Avignon 216 To Monna Giovanna di Corrado Maconi 218 To Messer Ristoro Canigiani 222 To the Anziani and Consuls and Gonfalonieri of Bologna 238 To Nicholas of Osimo 244 To Misser Lorenzo del Pino of Bologna, Doctor in Decretals 250 Letters written from Rocca D'Orcia 257 To Monna Lapa, her mother, and to Monna Cecca 259 To Monna Catarina of the Hospital, and to Giovanna di Capo 261 To Monna Alessa, clothed with the Habit of Saint Dominic 264 To Gregory XI 267 To Raimondo of Capua 270 To Urban VI 278 To her spiritual children in Siena 285 To Brother William and to Messer Matteo of the Misericordia 286 To Sano di Maco, and to all her other sons in Siena 288 To Brother Raimondo of Capua 293 To Urban VI 298 To Don Giovanni of the Cells of Vallombrosa 301 Letters announcing peace 307 To Monna Alessa, when the Saint was at Florence 308 To Sano di Maco, and to the other sons in Christ 309 To Three Italian Cardinals 311 To Giovanna, Queen of Naples 323 To Sister Daniella of Orvieto 333 To Stefano Maconi 339 To certain holy hermits who had been invited to Rome by the Pope 349 To Brother William of England, and to Brother Antonio of Nizza 351 To Brother Andrea of Lucca, Brother Baldo, and Brother Lando 352 To Brother Antonio of Nizza 356 To Queen Giovanna of Naples 360 To Brother Raimondo of the Preaching Order, when he was in Genoa 367 To Urban VI 378 Letters describing the experience preceding death 382 To Master Raimondo of Capua 388 To Master Raimondo of Capua, of the Order of the Preachers 392
Saint Catherine Of Siena
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Author : Mary Fabyan Windeatt
language : en
Publisher: TAN Books
Release Date : 1993-04
Saint Catherine Of Siena written by Mary Fabyan Windeatt and has been published by TAN Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-04 with Religion categories.
"Oh, but I must hurry!" thought young Catherine very early one morning as she picked up a loaf of bread and a jug of water from the kitchen. "No one must suspect anything:" Catherine had made up her mind to run away. She wanted to become a hermit in a cave so she could pray and think about God all day long. Catherine slipped out the door and into the court-yard, then out into the cobbled street, then out beyond the city gates. Farther and farther she walked. Several hours went by. The countryside was growing wilder and stranger. "I am miles and miles away from home now;' said Catherine to herself. Suddenly, there it was! A beautiful cave! It looked like the perfect place. Catherine was overjoyed. But was Catherine really old enough to be a hermit? And wouldn't her father come looking for her to take her home? Most of all, was it really God's will for her to be a hermit? This book gives the answers. It also tells how Catherine cut off her hair, how she cared for the rude old woman, how she saved her dear father from Purgatory, and how she advised the Holy Father himself. All in all, this is the wonderful story of how little Catherine became one of the very greatest saints in the Catholic Church.
Catharine Of Siena
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Author : Josephine Elizabeth Grey Butler
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1895
Catharine Of Siena written by Josephine Elizabeth Grey Butler and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1895 with categories.
Son Of The Alhambra
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Author : Erika Spivakovsky
language : en
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Release Date : 1971-01-01
Son Of The Alhambra written by Erika Spivakovsky and has been published by University of Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1971-01-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Last of the Spanish Renaissance men, Diego Hurtado de Mendoza (1504–1575) was a master of the humanist disciplines as well as an active diplomat whose correspondence provides insight into the workings of power politics in the first post-Machiavellian decades. This account of Mendoza's diplomatic career is a living commentary on the mid-sixteenth century, the time of the Spanish Inquisition and the Reformation, with its upheavals in the European balance of power. Mendoza served as ambassador of Charles V to Venice and Rome and as governor of Siena. His political life complements the reign of the Emperor whose ambition was to become a universal monarch. An interesting contradiction in Mendoza's thought—his humanist theories versus personal ambition—prevented him from successful implemention of tyrannical imperial policies. His role in the government of the Holy Roman Empire shows how the exertion of imperialist power, humanist ethics notwithstanding, inevitably entails corruption, hypocrisy, greed, and imbalance in the one who tries to wield this power. Gifted to the point of universal genius, Mendoza was perhaps the foremost representative of the splendid but little-known epoch of Spanish humanism, the era between the death of Queen Isabel (1504) and the abdication of her grandson Charles V (1556). Spain's short-lived Renaissance came to an abrupt end with the accession of Philip II and the almost simultaneous onset of the Counter Reformation. To this changed Spain, under monolithic thought control now exacted and enforced by monarch and Inquisition, Mendoza returned to live the last third of his life, mostly in obscurity, and in the last few years in royal disgrace. Based on primary sources, this first biography of Mendoza in English also examines the relevance of some of Don Diego's disputed literary works to the legend that grew up around him as a spokesman for latent unorthodox opinion.
The Path Of Pleasantness
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Author : Giulia Vidori
language : en
Publisher: Firenze University Press
Release Date : 2021-04-14
The Path Of Pleasantness written by Giulia Vidori and has been published by Firenze University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-04-14 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Ippolito II d’Este (1509-1572), cardinal and prince of Ferrara, played a crucial role in shaping the political and cultural connections between Italy and France. Seen by his contemporaries as staunchly ‘French’, his life rather followed a difficult balance between the political and spatial entities – Rome, Paris, and Ferrara – through which he continuously moved and from which he derived his power. Following his career as cardinal protector of the Valois crown, royal administrator of Siena on behalf of Henry II, and papal legate to France on the eve of the Wars of Religion, this book argues that Ippolito’s apparent diplomatic access ultimately weakened his family’s position in Italy and left it ill-equipped to compete in the changing politics of the peninsula.
Siena I Love You More
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Author : Reginaa_art special child
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-04-17
Siena I Love You More written by Reginaa_art special child and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-04-17 with categories.
I love you more! A Personalized children's Book with Siena's Name! children's book for a special child in your life. Watch their face light up when they see their name on the cover and sprinkled throughout the book. The most beautiful sound a child hears is their name.Give them a beautiful book they're guaranteed to love and cherish.Most personalized children's books sell for $25 or more, but this adorable personalized children's book a fraction of the cost.Reginaa_art special child offers cheap personalized kids books without sacrificing quality art and story. The illustrations are by talented illustrators from all over the world and the story is written by a best-selling children's author. It's beautiful, top-tier quality without the hefty price tag. The Perfect Personalized Gift for Siena ( Girl Name ) A personalized children's book birthday gift A meaningful Christmas gift with an uplifting message A personalized gift with Siena's name Large Size 8.5 x 11 inches Made in USA .
The Dialogue Of St Catherine Of Siena
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Author : Catherine Siena
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018-11-20
The Dialogue Of St Catherine Of Siena written by Catherine Siena and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-11-20 with categories.
"When My only-begotten Son returned to Me, forty days after the resurrection, this Bridge, namely Himself, arose from the earth, that is, from among the conversation of men, and ascended into Heaven by virtue of the Divine Nature and sat at the right hand of Me, the Eternal Father, as the angels said, on the day of the Ascension, to the disciples, standing like dead men, their hearts lifted on high, and ascended into Heaven with the wisdom of My Son -- 'Do not stand here any longer, for He is seated at the right hand of the Father!' When He, then, had thus ascended on high, and returned to Me the Father, I sent the Master, that is the Holy Spirit, who came to you with My power and the wisdom of My Son, and with His own clemency, which is the essence of the Holy Spirit. He is one thing with Me, the Father, and with My Son. And He built up the road of the doctrine which My Truth had left in the world. Thus, though the bodily presence of My Son left you, His doctrine remained, and the virtue of the stones founded upon this doctrine, which is the way made for you by this Bridge. For first, He practiced this doctrine and made the road by His actions, giving you His doctrine by example rather than by words; for He practiced, first Himself, what He afterwards taught you, then the clemency of the Holy Spirit made you certain of the doctrine, fortifying the minds of the disciples to confess the truth, and to announce this road, that is, the doctrine of Christ crucified, reproving, by this means, the world of its injustice and false judgment, of which injustice and false judgment, I will in time discourse to you at greater length." -From the Dialogue of St. Catherine of Siena
Choice Literature
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1883
Choice Literature written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1883 with Periodicals categories.
Catalogue Of Additions To The Manuscripts In The British Museum In The Years
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Author : British Museum. Department of Manuscripts
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1875
Catalogue Of Additions To The Manuscripts In The British Museum In The Years written by British Museum. Department of Manuscripts and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1875 with Great Britain categories.