History - Europe - Italy
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The Shortest History of Ancient Rome: A Millennium of Western Civilization, from Kingdom to Republic to Empire - A Retelling for Our TimesAncient Rome gave rise to the Roman Empire, one of history's greatest civilizations. It flourished for roughly five hundred years and, at its height, made up at least 20 percent of the world's population. It left an indelible mark on the world, shaping politics,...
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The Shortest History of Italy: 3,000 Years from the Romans to the Renaissance to a Modern Republic - A Retelling for Our TimesThe calendar. The Senate. The university. The piano, the heliocentric model, and the pizzeria. It's hard to imagine a world without Italian influence--and easy to assume that inventions like these could only come from a strong, stable peninsula, sure of its place in the...
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The Tigress of Forli: Renaissance Italy's Most Courageous and Notorious Countess, Caterina Riario Sforza De' MediciThe astonishing life of Caterina Sforza, one of the most prominent women of Renaissance Italy, who was a wife, mother, leader, and warrior with enough fierceness to make Machiavelli himself wince.In this glittering biography, Elizabeth Lev reexamines Caterina's extraordinary life and accomplishments.Raised in the...
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The Twelve CaesarsAn essential primary source on Roman history and a fascinating achievement of scholarship covering a critical period in the Empire As private secretary to the Emperor Hadrian, the scholar Suetonius had access to the imperial archives and used them (along with eyewitness accounts) to...
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The Way of the Gladiator: Inspiration for the Gladiator FilmsThe book that inspired the stories of Gladiator & Gladiator II: Step into the ring with this classic, in-depth account of the ancient Romans' obsession with the bloody and brutal games. "[The Way of the Gladiator is] this crazy, tawdry, wild book about the...
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The Winter Army: The World War II Odyssey of the 10th Mountain Division, America's Elite Alpine WarriorsWINNER OF THE INTERNATIONAL SKIING HISTORY ASSOCIATION'S ULLR AWARD, the epic story of the US Army's 10th Mountain Division, whose elite soldiers broke the last line of German defenses in Italy's mountains in 1945, spearheading the Allied advance to the Alps and final victory.At...
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The World of Venice: Revised EditionA fascinating exploration of the history, sights, seasons, arts, food, and people of an incomparable city. "A highly intelligent portrait of an eccentric city, written in powerful prose and enlivened by many curious mosaics of information...a beautiful book to read and to possess" (The...
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This Earthly Globe: A Venetian Geographer and the Quest to Map the WorldFrom the author of the best-selling A Venetian Affair ("A narrative of novelistic resonance . . . Astonishing" --The Washington Post), the story of an Italian Renaissance book editor who introduced European minds to the wider world through his passion for geography In the...
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This Earthly Globe: A Venetian Geographer and the Quest to Map the WorldFrom the author of the best-selling A Venetian Affair ("A narrative of novelistic resonance . . . Astonishing" --The Washington Post), the story of an Italian Renaissance book editor who introduced European minds to the wider world through his passion for geography In the...
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Venice: The Remarkable History of the Lagoon CityA sweeping and comprehensive history of Venice--from its formation in the early Middle Ages to the present day--that traces its evolution as a city, city-state, regional power, and overseas empire. No city stirs the imagination more than Venice. From the richly ornamented palaces emerging...
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Was Savonarola Really Excommunicated?: An InquiryHeretic or Saint? Excommunicate or Martyr? These questions have been central to the discourse around the person of Girolamo Savonarola since his tragic martyrdom on May 23rd 1498. Now, after a century out of print, Fr. JL O'Neil's excellent canonical defence of Savonarola and...
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Wintering in the RivieraWintering in the Riviera - With Notes of Travel in Italy and France, and Practical Hints to Travellers The health of my wife having rendered it advisable to spend a winter in the South of France, I made arrangements to accompany her, and we...
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