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The Enchantress of Florence is the ninth novel by Salman Rushdie, published in 2008. [1] According to Rushdie this is his "most researched book" which required "years and years of reading". [2] The novel was published on 11 April 2008 by Jonathan Cape London, and in the United States by Random House. [3]
Laudatio florentinae urbis (Latin for "Praise of the City of Florence") is a panegyric delivered by Leonardo Bruni (c. 1403–4). The panegyric is modeled after Aelius Aristides' Panathenaic Oration, [1] particularly with references to Florence's values and external threats. [2] It was first delivered immediately after Florence's victory over ...
The Enchantress (opera) The Enchantress. (opera) The Enchantress (or The Sorceress, Russian: Чародейка, romanized: Charodéyka listen ⓘ) is an opera in four acts by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky based on the libretto by Ippolit Shpazhinsky, using his drama with the same title. The opera was composed between September 1885 and May 1887 in ...
December 4, 2023 at 2:16 AM. FLORENCE – The cause of a multi-alarm fire that destroyed a church here may never be known, but the blaze’s impact has been clear since the embers cooled, a pastor ...
A janissary (Ottoman Turkish: یڭیچری, romanized: yeŋiçeri, [jeˈni.tʃeɾi], lit. ' new soldier ') was a member of the elite infantry units that formed the Ottoman Sultan's household troops.
Martin quickly shut down any speculation that he could impersonate Walz when he told the Los Angeles Times he said “no” to “SNL” producer Lorne Michaels. The “Only Murders in the ...
Orlando furioso ( Italian pronunciation: [orˈlando fuˈrjoːzo, -so]; The Frenzy of Orlando) is an Italian epic poem by Ludovico Ariosto which has exerted a wide influence on later culture. The earliest version appeared in 1516, although the poem was not published in its complete form until 1532.
History of PDF. The Portable Document Format (PDF) was created by Adobe Systems, introduced at the Windows and OS/2 Conference in January 1993 and remained a proprietary format until it was released as an open standard in 2008. Since then, it has been under the control of an International Organization for Standardization (ISO) committee of ...