The Man Who Believed He Was King of France: A True Medieval Tale by Tommaso di Carpegna Falconieri; Translator-William McCuaig - 2008-09-15

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University of Chicago Press, September 2008. Hardcover. VG/Very Good. used hardcover in a dust jacket. jacket is slightly worn about the edges, but with no tears and not price clipped. pages and binding are clean, straight and tight. there are no marks to the text or other serious flaws.

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Chicago, Ill.: University of Chicago Press, 2008. xi, 220 pp., map, genealogical charts. Uomo che si credeva re di Francia translated by William McCuaig. Fine in a very good dj with only slight wear. Contents: Preface (2005); Preface to the American Edition (2008); Translator's note; Map of Europe in 1360; Chapter I: At Rome; II: At Siena; III: In the East; IV: In the West; V: In Prison; VI: Giannino in History, Legend, and Literature; App. I: The Direct Capetian Line; App. II: The Angevins of Naples and Hungary; Notes; Bibliography; Index. "Giannino's story is so absurd that it has been considered a literary invention, like the Novella del Grasso igna uolo (The Tale of Grasso the Woodworker) or Pirandello's Enrico IV. Nevertheless, just as it is certain that Giannino was not the king of France (because, apart from anything else, he never succeeded in becoming so), it is likewise certain that a Sienese merchant who claimed the Capetian crown for himself really did… Read More

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Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2005. Hardcover. 0226145255 . 220 pp. Index. Spine, corners bumped. Jacket has light edgewear, small crease to front flap. In the Italian Renaissance, Gianno di Guccio was told that he was the lost heir to Louis X, and set out on a quest across Europe to prove his identity. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

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