{"product_id":"9780571360161-botticelli-in-the-fire","title":"Botticelli in the Fire","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThey're going to kill you. They're going to worship you, don't get me wrong. But they are going to kill you.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlayboy Sandro Botticelli has it all: talent, fame, good looks. He also has the ear - and the wife - of Lorenzo de Medici, as well as the Florence's hottest young apprentice, Leonardo.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut whilst he is at work on his breakthrough commission, \u003ci\u003eThe Birth of Venus\u003c\/i\u003e, Botticelli's devotion to pleasure and beauty is put to the ultimate test. As plague sweeps through the city, the charismatic friar Girolamo Savonarola starts to stoke the fires of dissent against the liberal elite. Botticelli finds the life he knows breaking apart, forcing him to choose between love and survival.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJordan Tannahill's hot-blooded queering of Renaissance Italy questions how much of ourselves we are willing to sacrifice when society comes off the rails.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER: Best New Play, Toronto Theatre Critics Award \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER: Governor General's Literary Award \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBotticelli in the Fire \u003c\/i\u003emade its European premiere at Hampstead Theatre, London, in October 2019.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31166736859233,"sku":"9780571360161","price":8.41,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_28446043.jpg?v=1722597501","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780571360161-botticelli-in-the-fire","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}