The Florentines: From Dante to Galileo: The Transformation of Western Civilization
By: Paul Strathern
4.23
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping and magisterial four-hundred-year history of both the city and the people who gave birth…
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1. The House of Medici: Its Rise and Fall
By: Christopher Hibbert
3.88
Format: 364 pages, Paperback
At its height, Renaissance Florence was a center of enormous wealth, power, and influence. A republ… read more
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2. Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
By: Tom Holland
4.22
Format: 408 pages, Paperback
In 49 B.C., the seven hundred fifth year since the founding of Rome, Julius Caesar crossed a small … read more
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"Achievement was worthy of praise and honor, but excessive achievement was pernicious and a threat to the state. However great a citizen might become, however great he might wish to become, the truest…"-Tom Holland, Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
"Enthusiasts for empire argued that Rome had a civilizing mission; that because her values and institutions were self-evidently superior to those of barbarians, she had a duty to propagate them; that …"-Tom Holland, Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
"Honour, in the Republic, had never been a goal in itself, only a means to an infinite end. And what was true of her citizens, naturally, was also true of Rome herself. For the generation that had liv…"-Tom Holland, Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
"It was an article of faith to the Romans that they were the most morally upright people in the world. How else was the size of their empire to be explained? Yet they also knew that the Republic's gre…"-Tom Holland, Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
3. The History of the Medieval World: From the Conversion of Constantine to the First Crusade
By: Susan Wise Bauer
4.00
Format: 4 pages, Hardcover
A masterful narrative of the Middle Ages, when religion became a weapon for kings all over the worl… read more
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4. The Bad Popes
By: E.R. Chamberlin
4.18
Format: 306 pages,
Let yourself be swept up by this colorful, panoramic story of seven men who ruled the Church of Rom… read more
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5. City of Fortune: How Venice Won and Lost a Naval Empire
By: Roger Crowley
3.92
Format: 98 pages, Hardcover
A magisterial work of gripping history, City of Fortune tells the story of the Venetian ascent from… read more
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7. Byzantium: The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire
By: Judith Herrin
3.73
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
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8. The History of the Renaissance World: From the Rediscovery of Aristotle to the Conquest of Constantinople
By: Susan Wise Bauer
3.99
Format: 112 pages, Hardcover
Beginning in the heady days just after the First Crusade, this volume--the third in the series that… read more
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9. The Pursuit of Italy
By: David Gilmour
4.23
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Visiting a villa built by Lorenzo de Medici outside Pisa, David Gilmour fell into conversation abou… read more
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10. Ancient Rome: From Romulus to Justinian
By: Thomas R. Martin
3.87
Format: 400 pages, ebook
With commanding skill, Thomas R. Martin tells the remarkable and dramatic story of how a tiny, poor… read more
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11. Henry VIII: The King and His Court
By: Alison Weir
4.50
Format: None pages, Paperback
"WEIR'S BOOK OUTSHINES ALL PREVIOUS STUDIES OF HENRY. Beautifully written, exhaustive in its resear… read more
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12. Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture
By: Ross King
3.26
Format: None pages,
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13. Pax: War and Peace in Rome's Golden Age
By: Tom Holland
4.22
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Pax is the third in a trilogy of books narrating the history of the Roman Empire. The series that b… read more
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- politics
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- audiobook
14. The Anglo-Saxons A History of the Beginnings of England: 400–1066
By: Marc Morris
4.34
Format: 508 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping and original history of the Anglo-Saxons by national bestselling author Marc Morris. … read more
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15. De Bourgondiërs: aartsvaders van de Lage Landen
By: Bart Van Loo
4.31
Format: 607 pages, Hardcover
Meesterverteller Bart Van Loo neemt de lezer op sleeptouw langs duizend jaar Europese geschiedenis.… read more
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- historical
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- european history
16. Humanly Possible: Seven Hundred Years of Humanist Freethinking, Inquiry, and Hope
By: Sarah Bakewell
4.03
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
The bestselling author of How to Live and At the Existentialist Café explores seven hundred years o… read more
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- audiobook
17. Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World
By: Mary Beard
4.11
Format: 493 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping account of the social and political world of the Roman emperors by “the world’s most fam… read more
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18. The Bookseller of Florence: The Story of the Manuscripts That Illuminated the Renaissance
By: Ross King
3.98
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
The Renaissance in Florence conjures images of beautiful frescoes and elegant buildings--the dazzli… read more
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- historical
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- european history
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19. The Habsburgs: To Rule the World
By: Martyn Rady
3.85
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
The definitive history of the dynasty that dominated Europe for centuries In The Habsburgs, Mart… read more
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20. The Greeks: A Global History
By: Roderick Beaton
4.17
Format: 608 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping history of the Greeks, from the Bronze Age to today More than two thousand years ago, t… read more
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21. The Florentines: From Dante to Galileo: The Transformation of Western Civilization
By: Paul Strathern
4.23
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping and magisterial four-hundred-year history of both the city and the people who gave birth… read more
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- historical
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- nonfiction
- european history
- italian literature
- audiobook
22. Rise and Fall of the Borgias
By: William Landon
3.81
Format: 5 pages, Audible Audio
Length: 4 hrs and 58 mins Since its rise to the highest ranks of power in Renaissance Europe, the… read more
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23. The Ottomans: Khans, Caesars and Caliphs
By: Marc David Baer
3.95
Format: 560 pages, Hardcover
This major new history of the Ottoman dynasty reveals a diverse empire that straddled East and West… read more
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24. Assyria: The Rise and Fall of the World’s First Empire
By: Eckart Frahm
4.11
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
A new history of Assyria, the ancient civilization that set the model for future empires At its … read more
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25. Botticelli's Secret: The Lost Drawings and the Rediscovery of the Renaissance
By: Joseph Luzzi
3.77
Format: 332 pages, Hardcover
Some five hundred years ago, Sandro Botticelli, a painter of humble origin, created works of uneart… read more
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26. The Story of China: The Epic History of a World Power from the Middle Kingdom to Mao and the China Dream
By: Michael Wood
4.16
Format: 624 pages, Hardcover
A single volume history of China, offering a look into the past of the global superpower and its si… read more
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27. Philip and Alexander: Kings and Conquerors
By: Adrian Goldsworthy
4.38
Format: 620 pages, Hardcover
This definitive biography of one of history's most influential father-son duos tells the story of t… read more
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"...if the Greeks joined together in the Panhellenic cause and attacked Persia to take land and wealth. Once conquered, Asian barbarians would work the field and tend the cattle as slaves or helot-lik…"-Adrian Goldsworthy, Philip and Alexander: Kings and Conquerors
"The Macedonians and Greek has been raised to despise Persians and all Asians as barbarians, fit only to be slaves, and the defeat of Darius and his great armies can only have reinforced their immense…"-Adrian Goldsworthy, Philip and Alexander: Kings and Conquerors
28. Rome: A History in Seven Sackings
By: Matthew Kneale
3.86
Format: 418 pages, Hardcover
No city on earth has preserved its past as has Rome. Visitors stand on bridges that were crossed by… read more
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29. A Year in the Life of Ancient Greece: The Real Lives of the People Who Lived There
By: Philip Matyszak
4.04
Format: 273 pages, Kindle Edition
Experience a remarkable year among the real people of ancient Greece, as they prepare for the most … read more
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30. The Family Medici: The Hidden History of the Medici Dynasty
By: Mary Hollingsworth
3.79
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
A fresh, revelatory, and shockingly revisionist narrative of the rise and fall of the House of Medi… read more
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31. On the Edge: The Art of Risking Everything
By: Nate Silver
3.84
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Signal and the Noise, the definitive guide to our… read more
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