Italy
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At the Court of the Borgia (Folio)
- £18.00
- At the Court of the Borgia: Being an Account of the Reign of Pope Alexander VI. Johann Burchard (c.1450Ð1506) was an Alsatian-born priest and chronicler during the Italian Renaissance. He spent his entire career at the papal Courts of Sixtus IV, Innocent VIII, Alexander VI, Pius III, and Julius II,…
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Faith in Fakes: Travels in Hyperreality
- £7.00
- Holography, wax museums, the secret meaning of spectator sports, Superman and the intellectual effects of over-tight jeans are just a few of the subjects covered in this collection of witty, entertaining and thought-provoking delights from Umberto Eco, celebrated author of The Name of the Rose.
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Italian Journeys
- £25.00
- This personal travel book about Italy is written by the author of the prize-winning "Allegro Postillions" and "The Strangers' Gallery". The author's travels take him to an Italy of neglected grandeur, hidden beauty and preposterous paradox - where the past lies in wait for the present and where history is…
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Leonardo Da Vinci: The Biography
- £15.00
- Walter Isaacson is not an art historian, heÕs simply a lover of Leonardo, who manages to communicate the sheer joy of this remarkable manÕ Books of the Year - The Times He was historyÕs most creative genius. What secrets can he teach us? Based on thousands of pages from Leonardo…
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Letters from Italy
- £25.00
- Karel _apek (1890 -1938) was a Czech writer, playwright and critic. He also published a number of travel books, of which this was the first (originally published in Czech in 1923).
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Magnifico: The Brilliant Life and Violent Times of Lorenzo De’Medici
- £25.00
- A brilliant and ruthless statesman, Lorenzo deÕ MediciÕ s dexterous wielding of power helped nurture the Italian Renaissance. A statesman, scholar, poet and philosopher, Lorenzo was a generous and discerning patron to many of the most creative minds of this most creative age. But despite this, he lived surrounded by…
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The Civilisation Of The Renaissance In Italy: An Essay (Folio)
- £24.00
- Carl Jacob Christoph Burckhardt (Basel, May 25, 1818 Ð August 8, 1897 in Basel) was a historian of art and culture, and an influential figure in the historiography of each field. He is known as one of the major progenitors of cultural history,albeit in a form very different from how…
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The Leopard
- £200.00
- The Leopard is a modern classic which tells the spellbinding story of a decadent, dying Sicilian aristocracy threatened by the approaching forces of democracy and revolution. 'There is a great feeling of opulence, decay, love and death about it' Rick Stein In the spring of 1860, Fabrizio, the charismatic Prince…
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The Shadow of Vesuvius: Pompeii AD 79 (Folio)
- £40.00
- A detailed and comprehensive study of the discovery of the remains of Pompeii and Herculaneum in the eighteenth century. With chapters on the volcano itself, discoveries and the reawakening of the story, the Romantics, science and methodology, the stones of Pompeii, and more. Written by Walter Raleigh Trevelyan, a British…
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Venice: the most triumphant city
- £10.00
- Bull was a multi-talented and accomplished journalist, translator and art historian. This account of Venice was widely-regarded.
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At the Court of the Borgia (Folio)
- £18.00
- At the Court of the Borgia: Being an Account of the Reign of Pope Alexander VI. Johann Burchard (c.1450Ð1506) was an Alsatian-born priest and chronicler during the Italian Renaissance. He spent his entire career at the papal Courts of Sixtus IV, Innocent VIII, Alexander VI, Pius III, and Julius II,…
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Faith in Fakes: Travels in Hyperreality
- £7.00
- Holography, wax museums, the secret meaning of spectator sports, Superman and the intellectual effects of over-tight jeans are just a few of the subjects covered in this collection of witty, entertaining and thought-provoking delights from Umberto Eco, celebrated author of The Name of the Rose.
- Add to basket
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Italian Journeys
- £25.00
- This personal travel book about Italy is written by the author of the prize-winning "Allegro Postillions" and "The Strangers' Gallery". The author's travels take him to an Italy of neglected grandeur, hidden beauty and preposterous paradox - where the past lies in wait for the present and where history is…
- Add to basket
-
Leonardo Da Vinci: The Biography
- £15.00
- Walter Isaacson is not an art historian, heÕs simply a lover of Leonardo, who manages to communicate the sheer joy of this remarkable manÕ Books of the Year - The Times He was historyÕs most creative genius. What secrets can he teach us? Based on thousands of pages from Leonardo…
- Add to basket
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Letters from Italy
- £25.00
- Karel _apek (1890 -1938) was a Czech writer, playwright and critic. He also published a number of travel books, of which this was the first (originally published in Czech in 1923).
- Add to basket
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Magnifico: The Brilliant Life and Violent Times of Lorenzo De’Medici
- £25.00
- A brilliant and ruthless statesman, Lorenzo deÕ MediciÕ s dexterous wielding of power helped nurture the Italian Renaissance. A statesman, scholar, poet and philosopher, Lorenzo was a generous and discerning patron to many of the most creative minds of this most creative age. But despite this, he lived surrounded by…
- Add to basket
-
The Civilisation Of The Renaissance In Italy: An Essay (Folio)
- £24.00
- Carl Jacob Christoph Burckhardt (Basel, May 25, 1818 Ð August 8, 1897 in Basel) was a historian of art and culture, and an influential figure in the historiography of each field. He is known as one of the major progenitors of cultural history,albeit in a form very different from how…
- Add to basket
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The Leopard
- £200.00
- The Leopard is a modern classic which tells the spellbinding story of a decadent, dying Sicilian aristocracy threatened by the approaching forces of democracy and revolution. 'There is a great feeling of opulence, decay, love and death about it' Rick Stein In the spring of 1860, Fabrizio, the charismatic Prince…
- Add to basket
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The Shadow of Vesuvius: Pompeii AD 79 (Folio)
- £40.00
- A detailed and comprehensive study of the discovery of the remains of Pompeii and Herculaneum in the eighteenth century. With chapters on the volcano itself, discoveries and the reawakening of the story, the Romantics, science and methodology, the stones of Pompeii, and more. Written by Walter Raleigh Trevelyan, a British…
- Add to basket
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Venice: the most triumphant city
- £10.00
- Bull was a multi-talented and accomplished journalist, translator and art historian. This account of Venice was widely-regarded.
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