Description
Five hundred years have passed since Caterina Cornaro, the last Queen of Cyprus, was forced to abdicate. In her own lifetime she was the inspiration of poets and painters; and the legend has lasted, to inspire no less than five operas and innumerable biographies. In this book the full story is told for the first time in English, written by three specialists and enlivened by numerous illustrations of Caterina, her surroundings and her contemporaries.
