The Ugly Duchess

Name: The Ugly Duchess
Author: Lion Feuchtwanger

by Lion Feuchtwanger

Historical novel of medieval Italian duchess and her ambitious life

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Lion Feuchtwanger

German Jewish author known for his highly successful historical novels set in ancient Rome, Renaissance Germany, and the Spanish Inquisition. His Jew Suss was one of the most widely read novels of the 1920s.

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