Comments on: The Tavola Strozzi http://www.dorothydunnett.co.uk/blog/book-discussion/the-tavola-strozzi.php Thoughts about the best historical fiction ever written Sat, 28 Jan 2012 09:48:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: bill http://www.dorothydunnett.co.uk/blog/book-discussion/the-tavola-strozzi.php/comment-page-1/#comment-7 bill Mon, 11 Sep 2006 21:56:29 +0000 http://www.dorothydunnett.co.uk/blog/?p=49#comment-7 Hi Viviana Many thanks for your kind offer. The list of the Penguin Niccolo covers is on the Book Covers page http://www.dorothydunnett.co.uk/ducovers.htm. I believe Vintage may have had some similar covers which I will try to look out and check the details of. It will be interesting to see what connections there are. Sadly I doubt that there is anyone still at Penguin who can tell us about the selection process but maybe we can ferret out some info. Hi Viviana
Many thanks for your kind offer. The list of the Penguin Niccolo covers is on the Book Covers page http://www.dorothydunnett.co.uk/ducovers.htm. I believe Vintage may have had some similar covers which I will try to look out and check the details of.
It will be interesting to see what connections there are. Sadly I doubt that there is anyone still at Penguin who can tell us about the selection process but maybe we can ferret out some info.

]]> By: Viviana http://www.dorothydunnett.co.uk/blog/book-discussion/the-tavola-strozzi.php/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Viviana Mon, 11 Sep 2006 09:04:51 +0000 http://www.dorothydunnett.co.uk/blog/?p=49#comment-6 Hi Bill. If you wonder if any of the other cover paintings have similar connections to the stories, would you care to post a list of these paintings? My HN books are the oldest Penguin versions, so I'm not sure about which is which. Googling around I spotted a Carpaccio, a Bellini, a detail from Paolo Uccello's Battle of San Romano, the so-called "Pianta della Catena" (the "Chain-and-Padlock Map", whose story is no less intriguing than the Tavola Strozzi's), all tasteful and reasonable choices, and a really appalling blunder (Rubens' Maria de Medici , more OK for the Three Musketeers than Niccolo' Rising). Gimme the list and I'll try to root up some interesting anecdotes. Viviana Hi Bill.
If you wonder if any of the other cover paintings have similar connections to the stories, would you care to post a list of these paintings? My HN books are the oldest Penguin versions, so I’m not sure about which is which. Googling around I spotted a Carpaccio, a Bellini, a detail from Paolo Uccello’s Battle of San Romano, the so-called “Pianta della Catena” (the “Chain-and-Padlock Map”, whose story is no less intriguing than the Tavola Strozzi’s), all tasteful and reasonable choices, and a really appalling blunder (Rubens’ Maria de Medici , more OK for the Three Musketeers than Niccolo’ Rising).
Gimme the list and I’ll try to root up some interesting anecdotes.

Viviana

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