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Between the birth of Dante in 1265 and the death of Galileo in 1642 something happened which transformed the entire culture of western civilisation. Painting ...
While staying closely aligned with Hitler, Mussolini remained carefully neutral until the summer of 1940. Then, with the wholly unexpected and sudden collapse of the ...
An imaginative and revelatory new history of the Italian Renaissance that challenges our preconceptions of the era
A THE TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020 ...
An unexpected journey through Italy, led by the voice of a violin
From the moment she hears Lev's violin for the first time, Helena ...
A gripping story of ancient wisdom, new technology and 'the king of the world's booksellers', set in Renaissance Florence
A gripping story of ancient ...
A Daily Mail Book of the Week
The sensational story of the rise and fall of one of the most notorious families in history.
'A ...
On the tenth anniversary of his rise to power in 1932, Mussolini seemed to many the "good dictator." He was the first totalitarian and the ...
An epic cultural journey that reveals how Venetian ingenuity and inventions-from sunglasses and forks to bonds and currency-shaped modernity.
How did a small, isolated city-with ...
Myths and rumour have shrouded the Borgia family for centuries - tales of incest, intrigue and murder have been told of them since they themselves walked ...
Iris Origo's most famous book, her classic study of the life and times of a medieval Italian merchant.
In 1870 an astonishing cache, containing ...
Renowned historian, and author of A Short History of Byzantium, John Julius Norwich's classic history of Venice
A History of Venice tells the story ...
"A riveting, exemplary tale of the great cultural "swerve" known as the Renaissance"
"WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR NONFICTION Almost six hundred years ago ...
From the Sunday Times-bestselling author of Village of Secrets, comes the extraordinary story of four courageous women who helped form the Italian Resistance during WW2 ...
?As Fellini did in film, The Perfect Fascist takes us into the dark and complicated heart of Italian fascism?It is an extraordinary story that ...
