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Letters to father
suor Maria Celeste to Galileo, 1623-1633
By Galilei, Maria Celeste & Sobel, Dava
- ISBN
- 978-0-80271-387-2
- Publisher
- New York : Walker & Co., 2001.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on October 1, 2001
Collected and translated by the author of Galileo's Daughter, this book offers 124 letters to Galileo from his older, illegitimate daughter Virginia (later Suor Maria Celeste), documenting her life from the time she entered the Convent of San Matteo in 1613 at the age of 13 with her sister Livia. The hardship of their living conditions with the Poor Clares and resultant poor health is obvious from the earliest lett...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
