{"product_id":"romola-1","title":"Romola","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe most exotic of George Eliot’s works, \u003cem\u003eRomola\u003c\/em\u003e recounts the story of the famous religious leader Savonarola in Florence at the time of Machiavelli and the Medicis. Of all her novels, this was the author’s favourite.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo other Eliot novel was illustrated in its first edition. \u003cem\u003eRomola\u003c\/em\u003e, however, was sought by George Smith for serialization in the prestigious illustrated \u003cem\u003eCornhill Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e. Smith commissioned illustrations for the novel from the rising young artist Frederick Leighton, who had studied in Florence in the 1840s and had frequently painted Florentine Renaissance subjects. \u003cem\u003eRomola\u003c\/em\u003e was serialised with the Leighton illustrations in the magazine from July 1862 to August 1863. It was first published in book form in 1863; the first edition was published by Smith, Elder in three volumes, and a one-volume edition in two-column format with all but one of the Leighton illustrations was published later that year by Harper \u0026amp; Brothers in the United States. This facsimile reprint is of the one-volume 1863 Harper \u0026amp; Brothers edition, and includes 8 pages of original advertisements from the back of the book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is one of a series from Broadview Press of facsimile reprint editions—editions that provide readers with a direct sense of these works as the Victorians themselves experienced them.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57311785058686,"sku":"NW9781551117577","price":33.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781551117577.jpg?v=1778584579","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-eu\/products\/romola-1","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}