Deadly Sisterhood. A story of Women, Power and Intrigue in the Italian Renaissance, Paperback - Leonie Frieda

The women who wielded the real power behind the throne in Renaissance Italy, from a bestselling historian.

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Focusing on the Italian Renaissance, this is one of a series, modular in structure, which offers teachers the flexibility to design their own schem...

Award-winning historian Kenneth R. Bartlett applies his decades of experience teaching the Italian Renaissance to this new and beautifully illustra...

In this book, Christopher Celenza provides an intellectual history of the Italian Renaissance during the long fifteenth century, from c.1350-1525. ...

*A THE TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020*'Brilliant and gripping, here is the full true Renaissance in a history of compelling originality and freshness'...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Hugh Trevor-RoperIllustration(s): 11 bw illusNumber of pages: 296Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 2...

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Following a string of disastrous house-sitting assignments, and an equally troubled personal life, Thea Osborne is understandably apprehensive abou...

Thea Slocombe is tired of having to entertain Drew's children, so she accepts a commission to watch over a house in Barnsley. However, her return t...

Simmy Brown had hoped for a quiet autumn in her new home in Patterdale. But when a lodger is poisoned at her parents' B&B, peace is destroyed and t...

Simmy Brown had hoped for a quiet autumn in her new home in Patterdale. But when a lodger is poisoned at her parents' B&B, peace is destroyed and t...

Spring has brought many new beginnings into the world of Persimmon 'Simmy' Brown but when a former acquaintance of Christopher's reminds him of an ...

Laurent de Rodergues' tranquil seclusion in Saint-Chartier is destroyed when the renovator of the town's medieval chateau is found dead. Laurent is...

Spanning an age that witnessed great achievements in the arts and sciences, this definitive overview of the Italian Renaissance will both captivate...

The Sunday Times bestselling author of Catherine de Medici turns to Francis I, the king who transformed France into a great nation.Illustrations: 1...

Reducere. In this collection of nine essays some of the preeminent art historians in the United States consider the relationship between art and craft, betwe...

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Pan Am flight attendant Natalie is the only thing that stands between the KGB and their attempt to steal submarine secrets from the United States N...

In this fascinating study, Alison Cole explores the distinctive uses of art at the five great secular courts of Naples, Urbino, Ferrara, Mantua, an...

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A dramatic historical novel about the turbulent life and death of Agrippina, Empress of RomePublisher: Headline Publishing GroupAuthor(s): Paul Doh...

The Renaissance was not just a rebirth of the mind. It was also a new dawn for the machine.When we celebrate the achievements of the Renaissance, w...

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Publisher: UnboundNumber of pages: 368Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 129 x 196 x 35Cover type: Paperback / softbackEditor(s): Abrisham Ahmadzade...

Publisher: CaneloAuthor(s): T.A. WilliamsNumber of pages: 304Collection: Love from ItalyPublication date: 2022Dimensions: 129 x 196 x 25Cover type:...

The Italian Renaissance was a golden age for bronze sculpture, both on a grand scale--such as Ghiberti's Gates of Paradise, or Cellini's Perseus--a...

Description"Deep, rich, and nourishing." --Os Guinness The life of Joseph detailed in the book of Genesis is a story of love, hate, slavery, power,...

Publisher: CaneloAuthor(s): Gloria CookNumber of pages: 368Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 129 x 197 x 26Cover type: Paperback / softbackRedescop...

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The windows show how Henry commemorated his wives in art, then airbrushed them out when they fell from favour, and how he recruited leading artists...

The Italian and Iberian Influence in Accounting History provides compelling evidence of how accounting, when conceived of as a technology rather th...

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A bold reconsideration of women in art - from the 'Old Masters' to the posts of Instagram influencers.Publisher: Icon BooksAuthor(s): Catherine McC...

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Reducere. DescriptionBuilding the Italian Renaissance focuses on the competition to select a team to execute the final architectural challenge of the cathedr...

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In this brilliant and widely acclaimed work, Peter Burke presents a social and cultural history of the Italian Renaissance.

An illustrated key to unlocking the mysteries of paintings, sculpture and architecture by the great Italian masters, this book also provides fresh ...