Europe - Italy
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Sicily: An Island at the Crossroads of History
$35.00 Add to cartCritically acclaimed author John Julius Norwich weaves the turbulent story of Sicily into a spellbinding narrative that places the island at the crossroads of world history.
“Sicily,” said Goethe, “is- Author: Norwich, John Julius
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: July 21 2015
- ISBN10: 0812995171
- Language: English
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The Stones of Florence
$18.99 Add to cartA journey through the glorious Italian city’s scenery, history, and culture, from the New York Times best-selling author of Venice Observed and The Group.
Renowned for her sharp literary style, essayis… [more below]
- Author: McCarthy, Mary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: November 04 2002
- ISBN10: 0156027631
- Language: English
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House of Borgia: A Captivating Guide to the Borgias and Their Feuds with the Medici Family, Sforza Dynasty, and Girolamo Savonarola
$24.99 Add to cartThe History of the House of Borgia: The Infamous Family of the Italian Renaissance!
Do you know the WHOLE story of the House of Borgia-from their rise from obscurity to the highest echelons of European
- Author: History, Captivating
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 90
- Publish Date: July 06 2023
- ISBN10: 1637168489
- Language: English
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Between Salt Water and Holy Water: A History of Southern Italy
$25.99 Add to cartThe history of southern Italy is entirely distinct from that of northern Italy, yet it has never been given its own due. In this authoritative and wholly engrossing history, distinguished scholar Tomm
- Author: Astarita, Tommaso
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 354
- Publish Date: June 05 2009
- ISBN10: 0393328678
- Language: English
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The Medicis and Borgias: A Captivating Guide to the History of the Medici Family and House of Borgia
$26.99 Add to cartTwo manuscripts in one book:
- House of Medici: A Captivating Guide to the History of the Medici Family and Dynasty
- House of Borgia: A Captivating Guide to the Borgias and Their Feuds with the Medici Fam
- Author: History, Captivating
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 174
- Publish Date: August 10 2023
- ISBN10: 1637168608
- Language: English
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The Beauty and the Terror: The Italian Renaissance and the Rise of the West
$36.99 Add to cartA new account of the birth of the West through its birthplace–Renaissance Italy
The period between 1492–resonant for a number of reasons–and 1571, when the Ottoman navy was defeated in the Battle o- Author: Fletcher, Catherine
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: July 08 2020
- ISBN10: 0190908491
- Language: English
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Rome: An Empire’s Story
$23.99 Add to cartRome in the archaic age was a minor satellite between the Etruscan and Greek world. This book traces the expansion of Roman influence first within Italy, then around the Mediterranean world and finall… [more below]
- Author: Woolf, Greg
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: September 10 2021
- ISBN10: 0190687452
- Language: English
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Machiavelli’s Children: Leaders and Their Legacies in Italy and Japan
$30.95 Add to cartTwo late-developing nations, Japan and Italy, similarly obsessed with achieving modernity and with joining the ranks of the great powers, have traveled parallel courses with very different national id
- Author: Samuels, Richard J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: June 15 2005
- ISBN10: 0801489822
- Language: English
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The Pursuit of Italy: A History of a Land, Its Regions, and Their Peoples
$22.00 Add to cartOne of The Economist‘s Books of the Year
A provocative, entertaining account of Italy’s diverse riches, its hopes and dreams, its past and present Did Garibaldi do Italy a disservice when he helped it- Author: Gilmour, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: November 13 2012
- ISBN10: 0374533601
- Language: English
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Historia de Italia: Una guÃa fascinante de la historia de Italia, desde los primeros asentamientos, pasando por la Edad Media, hasta la ép
$17.97 Add to cartSi desea descubrir la fascinante historia de Italia siga leyendo…
No es fácil trazar la frontera entre la historia de Italia y la de Roma. En muchos lugares, las dos entidades polÃticas y geográfi
- Author: History, Captivating
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 126
- Publish Date: March 03 2021
- ISBN10: 1637162170
- Language: Spanish
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Faith, Reason, and the Plague in Seventeenth Century Tuscany
$17.99 Add to cartBy the late fall of 1630, the Black Plague had descended upon northern Italy. The prentice Magistry of Public Health, centered in Florence, took steps to contain and combat the scourge. In this essay,… [more below]
- Author: Cipolla, Carlo M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 134
- Publish Date: August 29 2012
- ISBN10: 0393000451
- Language: English
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A Concise History of Italy
$32.00 Add to cartSince its formation in 1861, Italy has struggled to develop an effective political system and a secure sense of national identity. This new edition of Christopher Duggan’s acclaimed introduction chart… [more below]
- Series: Cambridge Concise Histories
- Author: Duggan, Christopher
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: December 05 2013
- ISBN10: 0521747430
- Language: English
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Saving Michelangelo’s Dome: How Three Mathematicians and a Pope Sparked an Architectural Revolution
$29.95 Add to cartIn 1742, when the legendary dome atop St. Peter’s Basilica–designed by Michelangelo–cracks and threatens to collapse, Pope Benedict XIV summons three mathematicians whose groundbreaking ideas spark … [more below]
- Author: Kalayjian, Wayne
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: March 05 2024
- ISBN10: 1639365869
- Language: English
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Venice: City of Pictures
$39.95 Add to cartEnchanting, captivating, precious–Venice is one of the most cherished cities in the world. For centuries it was the heart of a global maritime power and a crossroads for diverse cultures. Today the c
- Author: Gayford, Martin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: November 14 2023
- ISBN10: 0500022666
- Language: English
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City of Echoes: A New History of Rome, Its Popes, and Its People
$32.00 Read moreFrom a bold new historian comes a vibrant history of Rome as seen through its most influential persona throughout the centuries: the pope.
Rome is a city of echoes, where the voice of the people has c- Author: Wärnberg, Jessica
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: September 05, 2023
- ISBN10: 1639365214
- Language: English
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Here Begins the Dark Sea: Venice, a Medieval Monk, and the Creation of the Most Accurate Map of the World
$28.95 Read moreThe remarkable story of the cartographic masterpiece–the Venetian mappa mundi–that revolutionized how we see the world.
In 1459 a Venetian monk named Fra Mauro completed an astonishing map of the wo- Author: Small, Meredith Francesca
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: June 06 2023
- ISBN10: 1639364196
- Language: English
