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Conclave 1559 by Mary Hollingsworth
55.00 NZD
Category: History
Conspiracy, intrigue and faction fighting as the future of Europe hangs in the balance: Mary Hollingsworth tells the story of the papal conclave in 1559. Intrigue, double-dealing and conspiracy in the Eternal City. August 1559. As the long hot Italian summer draws to its close, so does the life of a r ...Show more
Princes of the Renaissance by Mary Hollingsworth
70.00 NZD
Category: History
A beautifully illustrated history of the Renaissance told through the lives of its most important and influential patrons - the princely rulers of Italy's dynastic states and their families. From the late Middle Ages, the independent Italian city-states were taken over by powerful families who installe ...Show more
Princes of the Renaissance by Mary Hollingsworth
43.00 NZD
Category: History
'Exceptionally sumptuous ... This vivid history brings to life the vices and virtues of the feuding ruling families of Italy' Michael Prodger, The Times, Book of the Week A beautifully illustrated history of the Renaissance told through the lives of its most important and influential patrons - the prin ...Show more
The Borgias: History's Most Notorious Dynasty by Mary Hollingsworth
25.00 NZD
28.00 (10% off)
Category: History
The Borgias have become a byword for pride, lust, cruelty, avarice, splendour and venomous intrigue. An inspiration for many works of fiction, most famously Mario Puzo's The Godfather, they have aroused abomination and fascination in almost equal measure, while their patronage of the arts created some o ...Show more
The Medici by Mary Hollingsworth
65.00 NZD
Category: History
Having founded the bank that became the most powerful in Europe in the fifteenth century, the Medici gained political power in Florence, raising the city to a peak of cultural achievement and becoming its hereditary dukes. Among their number were no fewer than three popes and a powerful and influential ...Show more
The Medici by Mary Hollingsworth
27.00 NZD
Category: History
'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 Medici by Mary Hollingsworth
43.00 NZD
Category: History
Having founded the bank that became the most powerful in Europe in the fifteenth century, the Medici gained political power in Florence, raising the city to a peak of cultural achievement and becoming its hereditary dukes. Among their number were no fewer than three popes and a powerful and influential ...Show more
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