The Merchant of Prato: Daily Life in a Medieval Italian City

By Iris Origo

Book Overview

A warm, intimate, and engrossing biography of Francesco di Marco Datini, who built a powerful mercantile network in fourteenth-century Tuscany, and a peerless evocation of the sensations,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0140172181
• ISBN13: 9780140172188
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: Penguin UK
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.1" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

Another Time & Place

I'm a history buff and this book was, to me, a wonderful walk thru the Medieval period. It describes daily life, business practices, travel, family relationships, homes, family & friend relationships, the relocation of the Pope to Avignon etc. etc. I thought Iris Origo's form of writing was flowing and not in one part of the book did it drag or become boring. I intend to read more by Iris Origo.