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Lucrezia Borgia by Maria Bellonci Publisher Comments Although Lucrezia Borgia was a daughter of Pope Alexander VI and chiefly remembered as a raven-haired poisoner, Bellonci depicts a passionate woman moving uncertainly through the papal court and the intrigues, ambitions, and political chicanery that... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper 
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A Tuscan Childhood by Kinta Beevor Publisher Comments 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) List Price $13.95 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Italian Renaissance Reader by Julia Co Bondanella Publisher Comments A single volume introduction to the major writers of the Italian Renaissance—Petrarch, Boccaccio, Alberti, della Mirandola, da Vinci, Castiglione, Machiavelli, Buonarroti, Guicciardini, Cellini, and Vasari.... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Mussolini by R J B Bosworth Publisher Comments Bosworth's Mussolini allows us to come closer than ever before to an understanding of the life and actions of the dictator and of the political world and society within which he operated. This biography paints a picture of brutality and failure in... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Women of the Shadows: A Study of the Wives and Mothers of Southern Italy by Ann Cornelisen Publisher Comments WITH HAUNTING PHOTOGRAPHS and piercing descriptions, Women of the Shadows depicts the secluded women of southern Italy and their passionate, painful, heartrending existence. Cornelisen, who lived among these women in the mountainous villages of Lucania... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Garibaldi & the Thousand May 1860 by George M Trevelyan Publisher Comments 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) List Price $16.95 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Tuscan Childhood by Kinta Beevor Synopsis This is an autobiographical evocation of Tuscany long ago and today that places emphasis on characters and food.... (read more) Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Il Gigante: Michelangelo, Florence, and the David, 1492-1504 by Anton Gill Publisher Comments British Praise for Il Gigante: "There is certainly nothing rushed about this excellent account of the world's greatest sculptor... Through Gill's sensitive and accessible reading of the David in particular we can perhaps feel a little closer to... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $3.95 Used - Hardcover
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Garibaldi and the Making of Italy: June - November, 1860 by George M Trevelyan Publisher Comments Leaving his place of exile, Garibaldi returned to Latin America--until called back to Italy in 1854 at the request of Cavour. In triumph, he sailed to Sicily from Genoa with one thousand men to proclaim himself dictator.... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Italian Revolution: The End of Politics, Italian Style? by Mark Gilbert Publisher Comments Since 1992, Italy has been rocked by the disintegration of its traditional ruling elite as dozens of leading politicians have been accused of corruption, extortion, and Mafia ties. The two linchpins of the former governing coalition, the Christian... (read more) List Price $50.25 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Travellers History of Italy by Valerio Lintner Synopsis Part of a series designed for the discerning holidaymaker or traveller who feels that they need more historical background information on the country in which they are staying that can be found in a guide. This book analyzes the development of Italian... (read more) Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Lucrezia Borgia by Maria Bellonci Publisher Comments Although she was a daughter of Pope Alexander VI and chiefly remembered as a raven-haired poisoner, Bellonci depicts a passionate woman moving uncertainly through the Papal court and the intrigues, ambitions and political chicanery that swirled about her.... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The City of Falling Angels by John Berendt Staff Pick Once again John Berendt proves he is a powerful magnet for eccentrics. With clever proficiency, Berendt depicts for readers a host of quirky characters, providing an exclusive glimpse into the Venice you won't see as a tourist. Gossipy yet wholly... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Hardcover
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Beatrice's Spell: The Enduring Legend of Beatrice Cenci by Belinda Elizab Jack Publisher Comments A fascinating study of a Renaissance tragedy that has haunted artists and writers through the ages. Beatrice Cenci was executed under papal decree in Rome in September of 1599. She was said to be sixteen, and hauntingly beautiful. Her crime was the... (read more) List Price $23.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Hardcover
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Venetian Empire: A Sea Voyage by Jan Morris Synopsis A history of Venice's sea empire from its beginnings in the late middle ages. Jan Morris brings her usual lucidity and perception to this remarkable empire, and brilliantly evokes the cities and states over which Venice held sway.... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Italy's Most Wanted???: The Top 10 Book of Roman Ruins, Wonderful Wines, and Renaissance Rarities by Luciano Mangiafico Publisher Comments Italy has always captivated the imagination of foreigners, attracted many to its shores, and contributed more than its share to world culture and progress, not to mention its delectable cuisine. A small country, it is about 116,000 square miles, or... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Social Bodies: Science, Reproduction, and Italian Modernity (Princeton Studies in Culture/Power/History) by David G Horn Publisher Comments Using as his example post-World War I Italy and the government's interest in the size, growth rate, and "vitality" of its national population, David Horn suggests a genealogy for our present understanding of procreation as a site for technological... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $1.75 Used - Trade Paper
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Garibaldi's Defence of the Roman Republic: 1848-9 by George Macaulay Trevelyan Publisher Comments 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) List Price $16.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Civilization Renaissance Italy (Arts & Letters) by Jacob Burckhardt Publisher Comments This revival of a famous Phaidon series brings together in an elegant format some of the best-known writings of renowned artists, critics and interpreters of our cultural tradition. Each book, an acknowledged classic, provides insights not only into the... (read more) List Price $11.95 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Tilt: a Skewed History of the Tower of Pisa by Nicholas Shrady Publisher Comments In the tradition of "Brunelleschi's Dome," comes a lively and richly informative chronicle of one of the world's most famous--and famously flawed--architectural and cultural icons, all presented in an innovative and striking format. Illustrations.... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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