The Beauty and the Terror: An Alternative History of the Italian Renaissance
By: Catherine Fletcher
3.71
Format: 408 pages, Kindle Edition
The Italian Renaissance shaped Western culture - but it was far stranger and darker than many of us…
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1. Moscow 1812: Napoleon's Fatal March
By: Adam Zamoyski
4.35
Format: 704 pages, Paperback
Napoleon dominated nearly all of Europe by 1810, largely succeeding in his aim to reign over the ci… read more
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- nonfiction
- france
- history
- european history
2. Civilization: The West and the Rest
By: Niall Ferguson
3.86
Format: 402 pages, Hardcover
Western civilization’s rise to global dominance is the single most important historical phenomenon … read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
"We must resist the temptation to romanticize history's losers."-Niall Ferguson, Civilization: The West and the Rest
"Institutions or products of culture. But they formalize a set of norms."-Niall Ferguson, Civilization: The West and the Rest
"No civilization, no matter how mighty it may appear to itself, is indestructible."-Niall Ferguson, Civilization: The West and the Rest
"After 1968 the restored communist regime required all Czech rock musicians to sit a written exam in Marxism Leninism"-Niall Ferguson, Civilization: The West and the Rest
3. Pariah
By: Dan Abnett
3.95
Format: 254 pages, Hardcover
Inquisitor Gideon Ravenor returns to action to hunt the most dangerous enemy he has ever encountere… read more
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4. Mao's Great Famine: The History Of China's Most Devastating Catastrophe, 1958-62
By: Frank Dikötter
3.51
Format: 235 pages, Hardcover
Between 1958 and 1962, China descended into hell. Mao Zedong threw his country into a frenzy with t… read more
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5. The Book of Symbols: Reflections on Archetypal Images
By: None , None
3.89
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Reflections on symbols and symbolic imagery The Book of Symbolscombines original and incisive essay… read more
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6. Lucrezia Borgia: Life, Love, and Death in Renaissance Italy
By: Sarah Bradford
3.87
Format: None pages,
Figlia illegittima di papa Alessandro VI, Lucrezia Borgia e divenuta celebre nella storia europea c… read more
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7. Conquerors: How Portugal Forged the First Global Empire
By: Roger Crowley
3.81
Format: None pages, Hardcover
As remarkable as Columbus and the conquistador expeditions, the history of Portuguese exploration i… read more
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8. A Short History of Russia: How the World's Largest Country Invented Itself, from the Pagans to Putin
By: Mark Galeotti
3.88
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Russia’s epic and dramatic story told in an accessible, lively and short form, using the country's … read more
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- european history
- politics
- history
- nonfiction
"History always wins."-Mark Galeotti, A Short History of Russia: How the World's Largest Country Invented Itself, from the Pagans to Putin
"As ever, though, facts take second place when it comes to building narratives of power and authority"-Mark Galeotti, A Short History of Russia: How the World's Largest Country Invented Itself, from the Pagans to Putin
9. Powers and Thrones: A New History of the Middle Ages
By: Dan Jones
4.41
Format: 636 pages, Hardcover
An epic reappraisal of the medieval world--and the rich and complicated legacy left to us by the ri… read more
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- history
- politics
- religion
- nonfiction
- european history
10. The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown
By: Anna Keay
4.39
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
‘The execution of the king took place on a bleak, bitterly cold afternoon in January. As the execut… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
"This book was born of ignorance."-Anna Keay, The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown
"... he was not one to let other people's feelings get in the way when he knew he was right."-Anna Keay, The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown
"He warned his pious daughter Bridget of the dangers of self-criticism and the overwhelming importance of love."-Anna Keay, The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown
"As in many parts of the country, people's desire for peace and prosperity was stronger than their loyalty to one regime or another."-Anna Keay, The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown
11. Hitler and Stalin: The Tyrants and the Second World War
By: Laurence Rees
4.53
Format: 488 pages, Hardcover
An award-winning historian plumbs the depths of Hitler and Stalin's vicious regimes, and shows the … read more
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- european history
- politics
- history
- nonfiction
12. The New Silk Roads: The Present and Future of the World
By: Peter Frankopan
3.58
Format: 313 pages, Hardcover
'All roads used to lead to Rome. Today, they lead to Beijing.' When The Silk Roads was published… read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
"Schoolkinderen worden snel groot (sneller dan wij volgens de krantenberichten), en ze moeten onze wereld gaan begrijpen. Lezen is een manier om de volgende generatie te helpen om te leren en te denke…"-Peter Frankopan, The New Silk Roads: The Present and Future of the World
13. The Story of Russia
By: Orlando Figes
4.27
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
“This is the essential backstory, the history book that you need if you want to understand modern R… read more
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- european history
- politics
- history
- nonfiction
14. Russia: Revolution and Civil War 1917-1921
By: Antony Beevor
3.90
Format: 608 pages, Hardcover
An epic new account of the conflict that reshaped Eastern Europe and set the stage for the rest of … read more
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- european history
- politics
- history
- nonfiction
15. The Borgias: Power and Fortune (Italian Histories)
By: Paul Strathern
4.07
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
The glorious and infamous history of the Borgia family―a world of saints, corrupt popes, and deprav… read more
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- italy
- history
- religion
- nonfiction
- european history
16. 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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- italy
- art
- history
- politics
- nonfiction
- european history
17. 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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- european history
18. Nero (The Nero Trilogy, #1)
By: Conn Iggulden
4.29
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
TYRANTS AREN'T BORN. THEY'RE RAISED. ANCIENT ROME, AD 37 It begins with a man’s hand curled aro… read more
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19. The Beauty and the Terror: An Alternative History of the Italian Renaissance
By: Catherine Fletcher
3.71
Format: 408 pages, Kindle Edition
The Italian Renaissance shaped Western culture - but it was far stranger and darker than many of us… read more
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- art
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- history
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- research
- religion
- france
- nonfiction
- european history
20. Private Rites
By: Julia Armfield
3.92
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From the award-winning author of Our Wives Under the Sea, a speculative reimagining of King Lear, c… read more
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"To be misunderstood is one thing, but the curious hostility of a sibling's approach lies less in what they miss than in the strange backdated nature of the things they choose to know. A person can be…"-Julia Armfield, Private Rites
