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Italy's Sorrow: A Year of War, 1944-1945 by James Holland Publisher Comments During the Second World War, the campaign in Italy was the most destructive fought in Europe - a long, bitter and highly attritional conflict that raged up the country's mountainous leg. For frontline troops, casualty rates at Cassino and along the... (read more) Your price: $6.99 Google eBooks - Electronic 
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Lucrezia Borgia: Life, Love, and Death in Renaissance Italy by Sarah Bradford Publisher Comments A sympathetic portrait of the infamous Renaissance woman discusses her origins as the illegitimate child of Pope Alexander VI, forced first marriage at the age of thirteen, increasing power over the course of two subsequent marriages, and shrewd choices... (read more) Your price: $12.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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The Fall of Mussolini: Italy, the Italians, and the Second World War by Philip Morgan Publisher Comments At the end of World War II, Italy's newly formed parliamentary government began spreading what historian Philip Morgan calls "the unifying myth." The Italy that appeared in their version of events is almost entirely anti-Fascist, with the heroes of the... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $18.45 Google eBooks - Electronic
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The Origins of the State in Italy, 1300-1600 by Julius Kirshner Publisher Comments The beginnings of the state in Europe is a central topic of contemporary historical research. The making of such early modern Italian regional states as Florence, the kingdom of Naples, Milan, and Venice exemplifies a decisive turn in the state tradition... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $14.80 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Stolen Figs: And Other Adventures in Calabria by Mark Rotella Publisher Comments An effortlessly artful blend of travel book, memoir, and affectionate portrait of a people Calabria is the toe of the boot that is Italy—a rugged peninsula where grapevines and fig and olive trees cling to the mountainsides during the scorching summers... (read more) Your price: $9.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Fire in the City: Savonarola and the Struggle for Renaissance Florence by Lauro Martines Publisher Comments A gripping and beautifully written narrative that reads like a novel, Fire in the City presents a compelling account of a key moment in the history of the Renaissance, illuminating the remarkable man who dominated the period, the charismatic Savonarola... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price: $20.30 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Italy and the European Union by Federiga M. Bindi Publisher Comments "Presents a comprehensive study of Italy's role in the European Union and what that country needs to do as a 'medium-sized power' to increase its influence in the EU, chiefly by putting forward well-defined goals and consistent strategies through... (read more) List Price $28.95 Your price: $25.69 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Travelers' Tales Italy: True Stories by Anne Calcagno Publisher Comments The stories range from delightful and funny to cautionary and inspiring, and provide readers with a road map that deepens and enriches their travels.... (read more) List Price $15.16 Your price: $13.45 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Murder of a Medici Princess by Caroline Murphy Publisher Comments A vast treasure trove of newly discovered and unpublished documents illuminates the brilliant life and tragic death of Isabella de Medici, one of the brightest stars in Renaissance Italy, in this fast-paced narrative that reveals the culpability of her... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $15.68 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Binding Passions: Tales of Magic, Marriage, and Power at the End of the Renaissance by Guido Ruggiero Publisher Comments Mining the rich Venetian archives, especially the unusually detailed records of Venice's own branch of the Roman Inquisition, Guido Ruggiero provides a strikingly new and provocative interpretation of the end of the Renaissance in Italy. In this boldly... (read more) List Price $50.00 Your price: $46.25 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Paradise of Cities: Venice in the Nineteenth Century by John Julius Norwich Publisher Comments The author of A History of Venice traces the period during which the city rose from a proud independent state to a cultural mecca, as told from the perspectives of such figures as Napoleon, Lord Byron, Henry James, and Robert Browning. Reprint. 25,000... (read more) Your price: $11.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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The City of Falling Angels by John Berendt Publisher Comments Traces the aftermath of the 1996 Venice opera house fire, an event that devastated Venetian society and was investigated by the author, who through interviews with local figures learned about the region's rich cultural history.... (read more) Your price: $12.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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The Dark Heart of Italy by Tobias Jones Publisher Comments In 1999 Tobias Jones immigrated to Italy, expecting to discover the pastoral bliss described by centuries of foreign visitors. Instead, he found a very different country: one besieged by unfathomable terrorism and deep-seated paranoia. The Dark Heart of... (read more) Your price: $9.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Power & Purity: Cathar Heresy in Medieval Italy by Carol Lansing Publisher Comments Catharism was a popular medieval heresy based on the belief that the creation of humankind was a disaster in which angelic spirits were trapped in matter by the devil. Their only goal was to escape the body through purification. Cathars denied any value... (read more) List Price $40.00 Your price: $37.00 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Amalia's Tale: An Impoverished Peasant Woman, an Ambitious Attorney, and a Fight for Justice by David I. Kertzer Publisher Comments This quintessential David-and-Goliath saga tells the story of a wholly unexpected triumph of the poor against the rich and of a crusading city attorney who fought on behalf of an impoverished peasant. Amalia Bagnacavalli, an illiterate young peasant from... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price: $22.20 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Becoming Neapolitan: Citizen Culture in Baroque Naples by John A. Marino Publisher Comments Naples in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries managed to maintain a distinct social character while under Spanish rule. John A. Marino's study explores how the population of the city of Naples constructed their identity in the face of Spanish... (read more) Your price: $60.00 Google eBooks - Electronic
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The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy by Jacob Burckhardt List Price $8.95 Your price: $7.94 Google eBooks - Electronic
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