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Dark Brilliance: The Age of Reason from Descartes to Peter the Great by Paul Strathern
$37.00 AUD
Category: History
Between the end of the Renaissance and the start of the Enlightenment, Europe lived through an era known as the Age of Reason. This was a period which saw advances in areas such as art, science, philosophy, political theory and economics. However, all this was achieved against a background of extreme ...Show more
Death in Florence: The Medici, Savonarola and the Battle for the Soul of the Renaissance by Paul Strathern
$19.95 AUD
Category: European
By the end of the fifteenth century, Florence was well established as the home of the Renaissance. As generous patrons to the likes of Botticelli and Michelangelo, the ruling Medici embodied the progressive humanist spirit of the age, and in Lorenzo the Magnificent they possessed a diplomat capable of g ...Show more
Death in Florence: The Medici, Savonarola and the Battle for the Soul of the Renaissance City by Paul Strathern
$49.95 AUD
Category: History
Rise and Fall - A History of the World in Ten Empires by Paul Strathern
$33.00 AUD
Category: European
From the Akkadian Empire to modern-day America, Rise and Fall charts the history of the world through its ten greatest empires. Through these we examine humanity's will to power in forms both infamous and poorly understood, and trace the evolution of the imperial impulse as it moves from the blunt milit ...Show more
Rise and Fall - A History of the World in Ten Empires by Paul Strathern
$23.00 AUD
Category: History
From the Akkadian Empire to modern-day America, Rise and Fall charts the history of the world through its ten greatest empires. Through these we examine humanity's will to power in forms both infamous and poorly understood, and trace the evolution of the imperial impulse as it moves from the blunt milit ...Show more
Ten Cities that Led the World: From Ancient Metropolis to Modern Megacity by Paul Strathern
$33.00 AUD
Category: History
Great cities are complex, chaotic and colossal. These are cities that dominate the world stage and define eras; where ideas flourish, revolutions are born and history is made.Through ten unique cities, from the founding of ancient capitals to buzzing modern megacities, Paul Strathern explores how urban ...Show more
Ten Cities that Led the World From Ancient Metropolis to Modern Megacity by Paul Strathern
$25.00 AUD
Category: History
'A book of ideas [...] Strathern ably guides us through these moments of glory.' -- The Times *** Great cities are complex, chaotic and colossal. These are cities that dominate the world stage and define eras; where ideas flourish, revolutions are born and history is made. Through ten unique cit ...Show more
The Artist, The Philosopher and The Warrior by Paul Strathern
$19.95 AUD
Category: History
In the autumn of 1502 three giants of the Renaissance period - Cesare Borgia, Leonardo da Vinci and Niccolo Machiavelli - set out on one of the most treacherous military campaigns of the period. Cesare Borgia was a ferocious military leader whose name was synonymous with brutality and whose reputation w ...Show more
The Artist, the Philosopher and the Warrior : Leonardo, Machiavelli, Borgia - a fatful collusion by Paul Strathern
$69.95 AUD
Category: European
In this masterful study, Paul Strathern (author of "The Medici", and "Napoleon in Egypt") details the incidental convergence of three of Renaissance Italy's most brilliant minds. "The Artist, the Philosopher and the Warrior" follows Leonardo Da Vinci, Niccolo Machiavelli and Cesare Borgia through the mo ...Show more
The Borgias: Power and Fortune by Paul Strathern
$33.00 AUD
Category: European
The glorious and infamous history of the Borgia family--a world of saints, corrupt popes, and depraved princes and poisoners--set against the golden age of the Italian Renaissance.The Borgia family have become a byword for evil. Corruption, incest, ruthless megalomania, avarice and vicious cruelty--all ...Show more
The Borgias - Power and Fortune by Paul Strathern
$50.00 AUD
Category: European
The sensational story of the rise and fall of one of the most notorious families in history, by the author of The Medici. The Borgia family have become a byword for evil. Corruption, incest, ruthless megalomania, avarice and vicious cruelty - all have been associated with their name. But the story of t ...Show more
The Florentines: From Dante to Galileo by Paul Strathern
$25.00 AUD
Category: European
Between the birth of Dante in 1265 and the death of Galileo in 1642 something happened which completely revolutionized Western civilization. Painting, sculpture and architecture would all visibly change in a striking fashion. Likewise, the thought and self-conception of humanity would take on a complete ...Show more