About the Book

From the New York Times bestselling author of Reading Like a Writer and A Changed Man, an early novel about a theater troupe in 17th century Italy, republished to coincide with the opening of a Broadway musical inspired by the book

The Glorious Ones travel the length and breadth of 17th-century Italy, playing commedia dell’arte in the streets and palaces with equal vigor. A small company of players founded by the ingenious madman Flamino Scala, they endure kidnappings, passionate affairs, cabals, riots, disgrace, and all manner of triumph and hardship. Pantalone the miser, sunny Armanda the dwarf, gossip-loving Columbina, and evil-minded Brighella view their myriad shared adventures through markedly different eyes. Yet not one of them is prepared for the strange twisting of the road brought about by the mysterious arrival of Isabella Andreini, who has come to direct their wayward troupe.

In a beautiful new package, The Glorious Ones features musical tie-in cover art, as well as the original, beautiful interior designed by Harry Ford in 1974.

Product Details

• ISBN: 9780061493843
• ISBN 10: 0061493848
• Imprint: Harper Perennial
• On Sale: 10/16/2007
• Pages: 192
• List Price:18.50 CAD
• BISAC1 : FICTION / Historical / Medieval
• BISAC2 : FICTION / Romance / Historical / American
• BISAC3 : FICTION / Romance / Historical / Renaissance
• BISAC4 : FICTION: World Literature / American / 20th Century
• BISAC5 : LITERARY COLLECTIONS / American / General
• BISAC6 : LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Women Authors
• BISAC7 : FICTION / Contemporary Women
• BISAC8 : FICTION / Media Tie-In
• BISAC9 : FICTION / Literary
• BISAC10 : FICTION / Historical / Renaissance

Francine Prose

Biography

Francine Prose is the author of twenty-two works of fiction including the highly acclaimed The Vixen; Mister Monkey; the New York Times bestseller Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932; A Changed Man, which won the Dayton Literary Peace Prize; and Blue Angel, which was a finalist for the National Book Award. Her works of nonfiction include the highly praised Anne Frank: The Book, The Life, The Afterlife, and the New York Times bestseller Reading Like a Writer, which has become a classic. The recipient of numerous grants and honors, including a Guggenheim and a Fulbright, a Director’s Fellow at the Center for Scholars and Writers at the New York Public Library, Prose is a former president of PEN American Center, and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She is a Distinguished Writer in Residence at Bard College.

Other Works by Francine Prose

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  1974

  By Francine Prose

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  Loss of Memory Is Only Temporary

  By Francine Prose

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  Loss of Memory Is Only Temporary

  By Francine Prose