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A major new account of the emergence of Italian democracy after the Second World War
The rebirth of Italy after the Second World War is ...
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 ...
In Rome the echoes of the past resound clearly in its palaces and monuments, and in the remains of the ancient imperial city. But another ...
An authoritative, richly illustrated history, and affectionate celebration, of Siena, one of the best-loved and most-visited cities in Italy.
Occupying a hilltop site in the ...
Now in paperback, a brief introduction to the mysteries of the enigmatic, ancient civilization in the area of modern Italy.
The Etruscans were a powerful ...
'Everything about Venice,' observed Lord Byron, 'is, or was, extraordinary - her aspect is like a dream, and her history is like a romance.' Dream and ...
A riveting, exemplary tale of the great cultural "swerve" known as the Renaissance.
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2012
Almost six hundred years ...
At its height Renaissance Florence was a centre of enormous wealth, power and influence. A republican city-state funded by trade and banking, its often bloody ...
