The Pope's Daughter: The Extraordinary Life of Felice Della Rovere
by Caroline P Murphy


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The illegitimate daughter of Pope Julius II, Felice della Rovere became one of the most powerful and accomplished women of the Italian Renaissance. Now, Caroline Murphy vividly captures the untold story of a rare woman who moved with confidence through a... (read more)

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April Blood: Florence and the Plot Against the Medici
by Lauro Martines


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This study of Harsha of Sthanv-isvara and Kanauj explores the impact a ruler and his times have on each other and examines the era as part of a continuous political tradition both in its ideological and practical aspects.... (read more)

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Garibaldi & the Thousand May 1860
by George M Trevelyan


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The third and final volume of the trilogy covers Garibaldi's role during this decisive year, which finally ended with his conquest of Sicily and Naples, and his acknowledgement of Victor Emmanuel of Piedmont-Sardinia as king of an Italy united once and... (read more)

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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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Venice: Lion City: The Religion of Empire
by Garry Wills


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Includes bibliographical references (p.[373]-397) and index.... (read more)

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Living on the Edge in Leonardo's Florence: Selected Essays
by Gene Adam Brucker


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"These essays on Renaissance Florence are a tonic to read, as we watch one of the great historians of the period take hold of major questions with never less than a keen intelligence and a masterly imagination."--Lauro Martines, author of "April Blood... (read more)

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Venice: Flying Over "La Serenissima" and the Venetian Countryside (Italy from Above)
by Antonio Attini


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This volume takes readers on an aerial adventure above this ever-fascinating city and its surrounding region. A wide variety of panoramas depict the sights that are unique to Venice: the Lagoon with its islands of Burano, Torcello, and Murano; the... (read more)

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A Place in the Sun: Africa in Italian Colonial Culture from Post-Unification to the Present
by Patrizia Palumbo


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Given the centrality of Africa to Italy's national identity, a thorough study of Italian colonial history and culture has been long overdue. Two important developments, the growth of postcolonial studies and the controversy surrounding immigration from... (read more)

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Vucciria
by Mauro Dagati


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"No one dies anymore in Vucciria. Time runs suspended in Purgatory, with a moth-colored rain that corrupts souls and stones the same way."-Giosu Calaciura Vucciria is the oldest and most famous market in Palermo. Long the living heart of Sicily's... (read more)

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Lucia: A Venetian Life in the Age of Napoleon
by Andrea Di Robilant


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From the acclaimed author of A Venetian Affair comes the vivid and dramatic story of the fall of Venice and the rise of a new age during the tumultuous Napoleonic period, as seen through the eyes of his great-great-great-great-grandmother. In 1787, Lucia,... (read more)

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The Italians: A Full-Length Portrait Featuring Their Manners and Morals
by Luigi Barzini


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In this consummate portrait of the Italian people, bestselling author, publisher, journalist, and politician Luigi Barzini delves deeply into the Italian national character, discovering both its great qualities and its imperfections. Barzini is... (read more)

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Florence and the Medici
by J R Hale


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The enduring fascination of the Medici springs from their ability--as individuals and as a family--to control the government of Florence, first as a quasi-democracy and finally through inheritance. Based on the latest research, this perceptive study, by... (read more)

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The Devil's Broker: Seeking Gold, God, and Glory in Fourteenth- Century Italy
by Frances St Saunders


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A vibrant history of Italy in the cataclysmic fourteenth century as seen through the life of a brilliant military strategist and bandit lord At the dawn of the Renaissance, hordes of mercenaries swooped down on the opulent city-states of Italy and... (read more)

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Cianos Diary 1937-1943
by Galeazzo Ciano


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Mussolini's Foreign Minister, and son in law, Count Ciano kept one of the most important and influential diaries to come out of World War II. It covers events from 1939 until 1943, finishing days before his own execution by a firing squad for conspiring... (read more)

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The Sack of Rome: How a Beautiful European Country with a Fabled History and a Storied Culture Was Taken Over by a Man Named Silvio Berl
by Alexander Stille


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Stille uses the incredible and appallingly entertaining story of Silvio Berlusconi's rise to power to paint a portrait of Italy today that's invaluable for anyone who wants to understand that country or put the United State's problems in perspective.... (read more)

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Unknown Tuscany
by Patrick Alt


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Unknown Tuscany, is the first book of Patrick Alt's photographic work, taking the viewer on a journey to out-of-the-way places and overlooked details of this most famous part of Italy. Shot with his 8 x 10 inch, large-format camera and rendered in the... (read more)

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Books for Burning: Between Civil War and Democracy in 1970s Italy
by Antonio Negri


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Early political writings of Antonio Negri, published for the first time since the 1970s, along with his new, in-depth examination of how this early work is related to his widely acclaimed current scholarship, and to the current "war on terrorism."... (read more)

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Journey to the Chianti: Getting to Know an Ancient Tuscan Region
by Leonard Castellucci


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Geographically speaking, Chianti Classico has precise boundaries. For the authors, it is an area with a thousand jewels without boundaries. It is a vast stone landscape. It is a limitless landscape of hills covered with woods. It is a sea of vineyards... (read more)

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