2,022円 An insightful biography of Florence?s famous son Acclaimed biog rap her R.W.B. Lewis traces the life and complex development? emotional, artistic, philosophical?of this supreme poet-historian. Here we meet the boy who first encounters the mythic Beatrice, the lyric poet obsessed with love and dea...

1,060円 HE LIVED ON THE ABYSS OF DEATH AS A RECON SCOUT IN WORLD WAR II. From Africa’s Sahara Desert, where he met Churchill, to the plains of Tunisia, where he served under Patton, Fred Salter executed daring nightly solo missions, risking his life to gather the vital intelligence the U.S. Army desperat...

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11,017円 In the middle decades of the sixteenth century, the republican city-state of Florence--birthplace of the Renaissance--failed. In its place the Medici family created a principality, becoming first dukes of Florence and then grand dukes of Tuscany. The Fruit of Liberty examines how this transition ...

200円 A brief introduction to Roman Gods and Goddesses designed to inspire further study.

420円 Includes:•Charles River Editors original biography of Rodrigo Borgia•Arnold Mathews The Life and Times of Rodrigo Borgia , Pope Alexander VIAlexander never did what he said.Cesare never said what he did. Italian ProverbThere have been no shortage of controversial Popes who were accused by Cathol...

299円 Dopo essermi trasferito 15 anni fa a Varzo, nell'Ossola, sono rimasto incuriosito da una frase dell'Alvazzi che menzionava strani vocaboli. In paese nessuno apparentemente ne sapeva niente, mi fu procurata una fotocopia del "discorso del Veglia", dove c'erano una ventina di questi vocaboli. Solo ...

9,616円 This provocative and often controversial volume examines concepts of ethnicity, citizenship and nationhood, to determine what constituted cultural identity in the Roman Empire. The contributors draw together the most recent research and use diverse theoretical and methodological perspectives from...

399円 Over the centuries Machiavelli's name has increasingly been used to describe traits of ruthless deviousness in politics - such is the potent legacy of his incredible body of work. Appointed as Secretary and Second Chancellor to the Florentine Republic in 1498, Machiavelli in many ways typifies th...

944円 Napoleon, Mussolini, Voltaire, even Mafia man John Gotti – they all read Machiavelli’s The Prince. Philosophers such as Jean-Jacques Rousseau, David Hume and Adam Smith were influenced by it. And the book’s ideas led to the term Machiavellian entering the language. But the influence of The Prince...

164円 There are many dreadful -- and perhaps scurrilous -- rumors about the Borgia family of renaissance Italy, and Alexandre Dumas (author of "The Three Musketeers" and many other period classics) reveals one possible truth in all its ugly glory. Dumas minces no words in describing the violent acts of...

599円 3 opere di Giuseppe Garibaldi Generale, patriota e condottiero italiano (1807-1882) Questo libro elettronico presenta una collezione di 3 opere di Giuseppe Garibaldi. Indice interattivo: Cantoni il volontario Clelia I Mille