Siena: The Life and Afterlife of a Medieval City by Jane Stevenson
$80.00 AUD
Category: European
An authoritative, richly illustrated history, and affectionate celebration, of Siena, one of the best-loved and most-visited cities in Italy. Occupying a hilltop site in the midst of a vast, undulating landscape - between the wine-producing region of Chianti to the north and the truffle-filled woods of ...Show more
The Mad Emperor: Heliogabalus and the Decadence of Rome by Harry Sidebottom
$43.00 AUD
Category: European
On 8 June AD218 a fourteen-year-old Syrian boy, egged on by his grandmother, led an army to battle in a Roman civil war. Against all expectations, he was victorious. Varius Avitus Bassianus, known to the modern world as Heliogabalus, was proclaimed emperor. The next four years were to be the strangest i ...Show more
Pirate Enlightenment, or the Real Libertalia by David Graeber
$35.00 AUD
Category: European
A rumbustious retelling of the birth of the Enlightenment, from the bestselling radical author of The Dawn of Everything The Enlightenment did not begin in Europe. Its true origins lie thousands of miles away on the island of Madagascar, in the late seventeenth century, when it was home to several thou ...Show more
Conclave 1559: Ippolito d'Este and the Papal Election of 1559 by Mary Hollingsworth
$23.00 AUD
Category: European
Intrigue, double-dealing and conspiracy in the Eternal City. 'A fascinating narrative of the intermingling of secular and religious power' New Statesman 'A highly enjoyable and thrilling read... Hollingsworth has peeled back the veil of secrecy surrounding papal conclaves' History Today 'Full of livel ...Show more
The Light of Italy: The Life and Times of Federico da Montefeltro, Dukeof Urbino by Jane Stevenson
$25.00 AUD
Category: European
The story of the Renaissance city and palace of Urbino, and the life of the extraordinary man who created it: Federico da Montefeltro. 'Painstakingly researched and yet unfailingly readable' Ross King'An insight into one of Renaissance Italy's most glamorous courts' Catherine Fletcher'Jane Stevenson's ...Show more
The Medici by Mary Hollingsworth
$25.00 AUD
Category: European
'This forensic study of the Renaissance banking dynasty conjures up a world of art, literature, philosophy - and brutality' Telegraph 'Likely to become the standard work of reference on the members of the family that dominated Florence' TLS 'A lucid and beautifully illustrated family history' The Times ...Show more
The Greeks: A Global History by Prof Roderick Beaton
$33.00 AUD
Category: European
The epic, fascinating history of one of the world's great cultures. 'A wonderful book.' - Peter Frankopan 'A masterpiece' - Gregory Nagy, Harvard University 'Remarkable' - Ian Morris, author of Why the West Rules-For Now The way we think. The way we learn. The entertainment we seek. The way we are gov ...Show more
France: A Short History by Jeremy Black
$22.00 AUD
Category: European
A concise history of France from prehistory to the present, recounting the great events and personalities and exploring France's cultural and political influence today. Artists, martyrs, kings, revolutionaries: France's sense of national identity is inextricably linked to its dramatic history, which fas ...Show more
A Short History of Russia by Mark Galeotti
$25.00 AUD
Category: European
An essential short history of Russia by acclaimed writer and expert Mark Galeotti, taking us from Ivan the Terrible and Catherine the Great, to the Russian Revolution, the fall of the USSR and the rise of Vladimir Putin - and updated to include the road to the Ukrainian war.'Fascinating... One of the mo ...Show more
Stalin's Library - A Dictator and His Books by Geoffrey Roberts
$51.95 AUD
Category: European
A compelling intellectual biography of Stalin told through his personal library In this engaging life of the twentieth century's most self-consciously learned dictator, Geoffrey Roberts explores the books Stalin read, how he read them, and what they taught him. Stalin firmly believed in the transformat ...Show more
Femina - A New History of the Middle Ages, Through the Women Written Out of It by Janina Ramirez
$35.00 AUD
Category: European
'Part of the terror is to take back our own listening, to use our own voice, to see our own light.' The middle ages are seen as a bloodthirsty time of Vikings, saints and kings: a patriarchal society which oppressed and excluded women. But when we dig a little deeper into the truth, we can see that the ...Show more
The Bookseller of Florence: Vespasiano da Bisticci and the Manuscripts that Illuminated the Renaissance by Ross King
$25.00 AUD
Category: European
A gripping story of ancient wisdom, new technology and 'the king of the world's booksellers', set in Renaissance Florence'A marvel of storytelling and a masterclass in the history of the book' WALL STREET JOURNALThe Renaissance in Florence conjures images of beautiful frescoes and elegant buildings - th ...Show more