267円 Extrait : Je commencerai mon ouvrage au deuxième consulat de Servius Galba, qui eut pour collègue T. Vinius1 Les huit cent vingt ans écoulés depuis la fondation de Rome jusqu’à cette époque n’ont pas manqué d’historiens ; et, tant que l’histoire fut celle du peuple romain, elle fut écrite avec au...

267円 Extrait : Vers l’an sept cent vingt-deux de la fondation de la ville, on reprit, à Rome, l’usage d’obéir entièrement à un seul chef. Octavien, fils d’Octavius, et adopté par César, son grand-oncle ; Octavien, qu’un sénatus-consulte surnomma bientôt Auguste, cause de sa clémence après la victoire ...

1,060円 December 20, 1943. Two Canadian infantry battalions and a tank regiment stand poised on the outskirts of a small Italian port town. They expect to take Ortona quickly. But the German 1st Parachute Division has other ideas. For reasons unknown, Hitler has ordered Ortona held to the last man. House...

3,575円 One of Italy's best-known writers takes a Grand Tour through her cities, history, and literature in search of the true character of this contradictory nation. There is Michelangelo, but also the mafia. Pavarotti, but also Berlusconi. The debonair Milanese, but also the infamous captain of the Cos...

661円 Con questa ricerca storica “Perché Briganti?, gli autori descrivono il fenomeno del brigantaggio in Italia prima dell’Unità e partendo dai periodi più remoti, con particolare riferimento alla Calabria, distinguendo quello ordinario, costituito da organizzazioni malavitose dedite alla grassazione,...

1,617円 '4 stars. Attlee, who knows and loves Italy and the Italians, takes the reader through the country's scented gardens with her sharp descriptions, pertinent stories and quotes and intriguing recipes. I was there with her' Anna del Conte, Sunday Telegraph A delightful book about Italy's unexpected ...

4,245円 When Vesuvius erupted in 79 CE, the force of the explosion blew the top right off the mountain, burying nearby Pompeii in a shower of volcanic ash. Ironically, the calamity that proved so lethal for Pompeii's inhabitants preserved the city for centuries, leaving behind a snapshot of Roman daily l...

9,162円 In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, Rome was an aged but still vigorous power while Spain was a rising giant on track toward becoming the world’s most powerful and first truly global empire. This book tells the fascinating story of the meeting of these two great empires at a critical mome...

1,280円 Drawing on long-classified documents, Target: Italy is the official history of the war waged by Britain's Special Operations Executive on Benito Mussolini's Fascist Italy. It is the first full account of SOE's clandestine efforts to strike at Italy and sever its alliance with Nazi Germany, uncove...

2,255円 Take a tour through 27 centuries of Roman history as a celebrated Italian writer reveals the historical figures, secrets, and conspiracies that shaped the city. From Italy’s popular author Corrado Augias comes the most intriguing exploration of Rome ever to be published. In the mold of his earlie...

7,101円 Based on three hundred civil and criminal cases over four centuries, Elizabeth W. Mellyn reconstructs the myriad ways families, communities, and civic and medical authorities met in the dynamic arena of Tuscan law courts to forge pragmatic solutions to the problems that madness brought to their h...

2,334円 From the author of the best-selling A Venetian Affair, here is the charming chronicle of his search for the identity of a mysterious old rose. Andrea di Robilant’s tale takes us back to the time of Josephine Bonaparte, as well as into some of the most delightful rose gardens in Italy today, broug...