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Dark Brilliance: The Age of Reason from Descartes to Peter the Great by Paul Strathern
40.00 NZD
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
30.00 NZD
Category: History
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
Hawking and Black Holes (The Big Idea) by Paul Strathern
19.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science | Series: Big Idea
At a moment of great discovery, one Big Idea can change the world...Black holes have long been a topic of fascination, from pop culture to science fiction. Stephen Hawking's discoveries and research on black holes and cosmology have made him an academic celebrity and perhaps the best-known scientist of ...Show more
Napoleon in Egypt: 'The Greatest Glory' by Paul Strathern
30.00 NZD
Category: History
Napoleon's invasion of Egypt in 1798 was the first attack on a Middle Eastern country by a Western power in modern times. With 335 ships and 40,000 men, it was the largest long-distance seaborne force the world had ever seen. But Napoleon's assault was intended to be much more than a colonial adventure, ...Show more
The Borgias: Power and Fortune by Paul Strathern
28.00 NZD
Category: History
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 Florentines: From Dante to Galileo by Paul Strathern
28.00 NZD
Category: History
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
The Florentines from Dante to Galileo by Paul Strathern
37.00 NZD
Category: History
A sweeping 400-year history of the Florentines who gave birth to the Renaissance, by the author of The Medici and The Borgias. Between the birth of Dante in 1265 and the death of Galileo in 1642 something happened which transformed the entire culture of western civilisation. Painting, sculpture and arch ...Show more
The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance by Paul Strathern
29.99 NZD
Category: History
"A dazzling history of the modest family which rose to become one of the most powerful in Europe, The Medici is a remarkably modern story of power, money and ambition. Against the background of an age which saw the rebirth of ancient and classical learning - of humanism which penetrated and explored the ...Show more
The Other Renaissance: From Copernicus to Shakespeare by Paul Strathern
37.00 NZD
Category: History
An 'essential book for 2023', as selected by the Irish ExaminerIt is generally accepted that the European Renaissance began in Italy. However, a historical transformation of similar magnitude also took place in northern Europe at the same time. This 'Other Renaissance' was initially centred on the city ...Show more
The Spirit of Venice: From Marco Polo to Casanova by Paul Strathern
39.00 NZD
Category: History
The Spirit of Venice is a history of the first great economic and naval power of the modern western world, from its struggle to ascendancy, through the arc of its glory - when its trading empire reached as far afield as China, Syria and West Africa - to the beginning of its long and fascinating decline. ...Show more
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