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A captivating journey along the iconic River Po and through Italian history, society and culture.
'Delightful... A wonderful cornucopia of history' TLS
'Uncovers the Po ...
'This forensic study of the Renaissance banking dynasty conjures up a world of art, literature, philosophy - and brutality' Telegraph
'Likely to become the standard work ...
A gripping story of ancient wisdom, new technology and 'the king of the world's booksellers', set in Renaissance Florence
'A marvel of storytelling and ...
A fast-paced narrative about the world-famous libertine Giacomo Casanova, from celebrated biographer Leo Damrosch
"The excellence of Leo Damrosch's energetic biography is that it ...
Between the birth of Dante in 1265 and the death of Galileo in 1642 something happened which completely revolutionized Western civilization. Painting, sculpture and architecture ...
A New Statesman Book of the Year
"Reveals how ideology corrupts the truth, how untrammeled ambition destroys the soul, and how the vanity of white ...
The story of the Renaissance city and palace of Urbino, and the life of the extraordinary man who created it: Federico da Montefeltro, humanist, book-collector ...
A beautifully illustrated history of the Renaissance told through the lives of its most important and influential patrons.
'Exceptionally sumptuous... This vivid history brings to ...
Sicily has always acted as a gateway between Europe and the rest of the world. Fought over by the Phoenicians and Greeks, the Romans, Goths ...
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 unexpected journey through Italy, led by the voice of a violin
From the moment she hears Lev's violin for the first time, Helena ...
An incisive account of how Mussolini pioneered populism in reaction to Hitler's rise-and thereby reinforced his role as a model for later authoritarian leaders ...
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 ...
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 ...
A gripping story of ancient ...