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John Leslie Garner

Best known for books on Renaissance figures like Caesar and Lucretia Borgia, this Milwaukee artist and engraver also brought works into English through translation. His writing sits at the meeting point of history, literature, and careful old-world scholarship.

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Caesar Borgia: A Study of the Renaissance

Caesar Borgia: A Study of the Renaissance

by John Leslie Garner

About the author

John Leslie Garner was an American artist and engraver from Milwaukee who is remembered today as an author and translator. Available catalog and library listings connect him with works such as Caesar Borgia: A Study of the Renaissance, Lucretia Borgia, and The Strophes of Omar Khayyám.

The picture that emerges is of a writer with wide-ranging interests. His published work spans Renaissance biography, translation, and social thought, including titles also associated with The Economic Causes of War and Contemporary Social Problems. That mix gives his books a distinctive feel: scholarly, literary, and curious about both the past and the ideas shaping the modern world.

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