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A Tuscan Childhood
A Tuscan Childhood
by Kinta Beevor
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The sparkling memoir of an idyllic, bohemian childhood in an enchanted Tuscan castle between the wars. When Kinta Beeevor was five, her father, the painter Aubrey Waterfield, bought the sixteenth-century Fortezza della Brunella in the Tuscan village... (read more)

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Lucrezia Borgia: Life, Love, and Death in Renaissance Italy
Lucrezia Borgia: Life, Love, and Death in Renaissance Italy
by Sarah Bradford
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The very name Lucrezia Borgia conjures up everything that was sinister and corrupt about the Renaissanceincest, political assassination, papal sexual abuse, poisonous intrigue, unscrupulous power grabs. Yet, as bestselling biographer Sarah Bradford... (read more)

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Magnifico: The Brilliant Life and Violent Times of Lorenzo de' Medici
Magnifico: The Brilliant Life and Violent Times of Lorenzo de' Medici
by Miles J Unger
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Magnifico is a vividly colorful portrait of Lorenzo de' Medici, the uncrowned ruler of Florence during its golden age. A true "Renaissance man," Lorenzo dazzled contemporaries with his prodigious talents and magnetic personality. Known to history as Il... (read more)

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Venice Carnival
Venice Carnival
by Paolo Alei
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The Venice Carnival is recognized worldwide as a symbol of all that is lavish and original in costume and design. This book offers an insight into this vibrant Italian carnival and is complemented by historical information and contemporary photography.... (read more)

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When in Rome
When in Rome
by Robert J Hutchinson
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When in Rome is a backstairs tour of one of the world's most mysterious and eccentric cities. Hutchinson introduces the varied and colorful individuals who live and work in the Vatican. In the process, he explores the mysterious orders of medieval... (read more)

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The Miracle of Castel Di Sangro
The Miracle of Castel Di Sangro
by Joe Mcginniss
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Master storyteller Joe McGinniss travels to Italy to cover the unlikely success of a ragtag minor league soccer team -- and delivers a brilliant and utterly unforgettable story of life in an off-the-beaten-track Italian village.<P>When Joe... (read more)

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Gomorrah Italy's Other Mofia
Gomorrah Italy's Other Mofia
by Roberto Saviano
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Published to coincide with the eponymous blockbuster film, Roberto Saviano's groundbreaking and utterly compelling book is a major international bestseller and has to date sold 750,000 copies in Italy alone. Since publishing his searing expose of their... (read more)

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Garibaldi's Defence of the Roman Republic: 1848-9
Garibaldi's Defence of the Roman Republic: 1848-9
by George M Trevelyan
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Part one of a classic trilogy, written by one of England's greatest historians, that traces the life of Italian patriot Giuseppe Garibaldi--a man once described as "the only wholly admirable figure in history." Follow Garibaldi's life from his early... (read more)

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Scourge & Fire Savonarola & Renaiss
Scourge & Fire Savonarola & Renaiss
by Lauro Martines
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A riveting new book about Savonarola, a lowly friar of Renaissance Florence, but also a charismatic preacher and the talk of all Italy in the 1490s when he called for the renewal of a corrupt Church and the purging of vile governments. From the Hardcover... (read more)

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Ancient Italy from Above (Italy from Above)
Ancient Italy from Above (Italy from Above)
by Antonio Attini
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One of the many pleasures of visiting Italy is the unique opportunity to walk amongst traces of the past. This welcome addition to White Star's Italy from Above aerial photography series uncovers archaeological sites scattered throughout the modern... (read more)

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The Last Days of Mussolini
The Last Days of Mussolini
by Ray Moseley
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In the late winter of 1945, Benito Mussolini found himself acutely aware that his life had nearly run its course. From the moment he had been overthrown in July 1943, arrested, then rescued by the Germans and forced by Hitler to take up the reins of... (read more)

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Italian Days
Italian Days
by Barbara Gr Harrison
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"Italian Days" is one of the richest and most absorbing travel books written--a journey that traverses the Italian peninsula and immerses readers in a culture which provides the reader with a definition of the good life. "Harrison's wonderful journal... (read more)

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Pietros Book
Pietros Book
by Pietro Pinti
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Pietro is a typical Tuscan peasant. He worked the land with hoe and plough from his earliest youth. Born, he explains, "in the Middle Ages", he has lived to see the world he knew and loved pass into history. Here, Jenny Bawtree provides an account of... (read more)

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Images of Quattrocento Florence: Selected Writings in Literature, History, and Art (Italian Literature and Thought Series)
Images of Quattrocento Florence: Selected Writings in Literature, History, and Art (Italian Literature and Thought Series)
by Stefano Baldassarri
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This anthology provides a panoramic view of fifteenth-century Florence in the words of the city's own citizens and visitors. The fifty-one selections -- many translated into English for the first time -- offer fascinating glimpses into Renaissance... (read more)

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Garibaldi: Invention of a Hero
Garibaldi: Invention of a Hero
by Lucy Riall
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Giuseppe Garibaldi, the Italian revolutionary leader and popular hero, was among the best-known figures of the 19th century. This book examines his life and the making of his cult-like following, assesses its impact, and chronicles its surprising success.... (read more)

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Murder of a Medici Princess
Murder of a Medici Princess
by Caroline Murphy
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In Murder of a Medici Princess, Caroline Murphy illuminates the brilliant life and tragic death of Isabella de Medici, one of the brightest stars in the dazzling world of Renaissance Italy, the daughter of Duke Cosimo I, ruler of Florence and Tuscany... (read more)

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Fatal Silence the Pope the Resistance &
Fatal Silence the Pope the Resistance &
by Robert Katz
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The dramatic story of the brutal occupation of Rome by the Germans after the fall of Mussolini in July 1943 up to the capture of the city by General Mark Clark in June 1944. Rome became a city of spies, double agents, informers, torturers, escaped Allied... (read more)

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The City of Falling Angels
The City of Falling Angels
by John Berendt
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Taking the fire that destroyed the Fenice theatre in 1996 as his starting point, John Berendt creates a unique and unforgettable portrait of Venice and its extraordinary inhabitants. Beneath the exquisite facade of the world's most beautiful historic... (read more)

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Their Other Side: Six American Women and the Lure of Italy
Their Other Side: Six American Women and the Lure of Italy
by Helen Barolini
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Our lives are Swiss, Emily Dickinson wrote in 1859, So still--so cool. But over the Alps, Italy stands the other side. For Dickinson, as for many other writers and artists, Italy has been the land of light, a seductive source of invention, enchantment... (read more)

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The Lost Italian Renaissance: Humanists, Historians, and Latin's Legacy
The Lost Italian Renaissance: Humanists, Historians, and Latin's Legacy
by Christopher Celenza
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The intellectual heritage of the Italian Renaissance rivals that of any period in human history. Yet even as the social, political, and economic history of Renaissance Italy inspires exciting and innovative scholarship, the study of its intellectual... (read more)

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