The Beauty and the Terror: The Italian Renaissance and the Rise of the West, Hardcover - Catherine Fletcher

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*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'...

This book is of interest to all those who value and seek to understand the humanities. Beginning in the Italian Renaissance and ending in the Europ...

Publisher: Polity PressAuthor(s): J MillsNumber of pages: 220Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 137 x 216 x 21Cover type: Paperback / softbackRedesc...

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