The Glorious Ones travel the length and breadth of seventeenth-century Italy, playing commedia dell'arte in the streets and palaces with equal vigor. Founded by the ingenious madman Flamino Scala, the small company of players endures kidnappings and passionate affairs, cabals, riots, disgrace—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.
The Glorious Ones: A Novel
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Author(s)Prose, Francine
PublisherHarper Perennial
ISBN / ASIN0061493848
ISBN-139780061493843
AvailabilityIn Stock.
Sales Rank392,255
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸