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A History of Contemporary Italy: 1943-80 by Paul Ginsborg
RRP: £14.99£10.95In this long-awaited book (already a major bestseller in Italy) Ginsborg has created a fascinating, sophisticated and definitive account of how Italy has coped, or failed to cope, with the past two decades. Contemporary Italy strongly mirrors Britain -... -
The Normans in Italy 1016-1194 by Raffaele D'Amato
RRP: £12.99£9.34Preceding and simultaneously with the conquest of England by Duke William, other ambitious and aggressive Norman noblemen (notably the Drengot, De Hauteville and Guiscard families) found it prudent to leave Normandy. At first taking mercenary employment... -
The Italian Renaissance: Culture and Society in Italy Peter Burke (Emmanuel College, Cambridge) 9780745648262
RRP: £17.99£16.29In this brilliant and widely acclaimed work, Peter Burke presents a social and cultural history of the Italian Renaissance. He discusses the social and political institutions which existed in Italy during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries and... -
The Hero's Way: Walking with Garibaldi from Rome to Ravenna by Tim Parks 9781787302150
RRP: £20.00£13.50Bestselling author of Italian Ways Tim Parks follows the hair-raising journey of Italian revolutionary Giuseppe Garibaldi, 250-miles on foot from Rome to Ravenna, to explore Italy's past and present.In the summer of 1849, Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italy's... -
The Quiet Before: On the unexpected origins of radical ideas by Gal Beckerman 9781529177404
RRP: £10.99£7.99'The Quiet Before is a fascinating and important exploration of how ideas that change the world incubate and spread.' Steven Pinker'Filled with insightful analysis and colourful storytelling... Rarely does a book give you a new way of looking at social... -
Why Dante Matters: An Intelligent Person's Guide by Professor John Took
RRP: £20.00£14.51John Took provides an entirely original view of one of the most important poets and thinkers in all of Western literature, Dante Alighieri. The year 2021 marks the 700th anniversary of the death of Dante Alighieri, a poet who, as T. S. Eliot put it,... -
Autumn in Venice: Ernest Hemingway and His Last Muse by Andrea di Robilant
RRP: £9.99£5.50National Geographic Traveller's the best books on European cities, 2019In the autumn of 1948 Hemingway was approaching fifty and hadn't published a novel in nearly a decade. He travelled for the first time to Venice and there, at a duck shoot in the... -
Italy in the Age of the Renaissance: 1300-1550 by John M. Najemy 9780198700401
RRP: £35.99£30.15Italy in the Age of Renaissance offers a new introduction to the most celebrated period of Italian history in twelve essays by leading and innovative scholars. Recent scholarship has enriched our understanding of Renaissance Italy by adding new themes... -
The Black Prince of Florence: The Spectacular Life and Treacherous World of Alessandro de' Medici by Catherine Fletcher
RRP: £12.99£9.34'A spectacular, elegant, brilliant portrait of skulduggery, murder and sex in Renaissance Florence' Simon Sebag Montefiore, Evening Standard, Books of the Year 1531 - after years of brutal war and political intrigue, the bastard son of a Medici Duke and... -
Mussolini in Myth and Memory: The First Totalitarian Dictator by Paul Corner 9780192866646
RRP: £23.49£19.97Mussolini in myth and memory. Paul Corner looks at the brutal reality of the Italian dictator's fascist regime and confronts the nostalgia for dictatorial rule evident today in many European countries. Mussolini has rarely been taken seriously as a... -
Castagnaro 1387 by Kelly DeVries
RRP: £16.99£14.32The battle of Castagnaro, fought on 11 March 1387 between the Veronese and the Paduans, is one of the most famous Italian medieval conflicts in the English-speaking world. This is thanks in no small part to the exploits of the renowned English mercenary... -
The Italian Wars 1494-1559: War, State and Society in Early Modern Europe by Christine Shaw
RRP: £36.99£36.42The Italian Wars 1494-1559 outlines the major impact that these wars had, not just on the history of Italy, but on the history of Europe as a whole. It provides the first detailed account of the entire course of the wars, covering all the campaigns and... -
Rome - City in Terror: The Nazi Occupation 1943-44 Victor Failmezger 9781472841285
RRP: £25.00£22.54'Victor Failmezger's passion for the city of Rome is matched by his extensive knowledge of its dark recent past.' - Joshua Levine, author of Dunkirk: The History Behind the Major Motion Picture In September 1943, following wave upon wave of Allied... -
Judges by Andrea Camilleri
RRP: £9.99£7.32Camilleri, best known for his Inspector Montalbano series, presents the charming Judge Surra who moves to a small Sicilian town in the late nineteenth century. He does not quite understand the quirky welcoming gifts from the locals, but nothing stands in... -
Siren Land: A Celebration of Life in Southern Italy by Norman Douglas
RRP: £12.99£10.04Weaving the myths of the Sirens into the landscape and history of the island of Capri, Siren Land focuses on the legends and archaeology, folklore and daily life, patron saints, local ghosts, wine and the wind of the region. Norman Douglas, one of the... -
Dolce Vita Confidential: Fellini, Loren, Pucci, Paparazzi and the Swinging High Life of 1950s Rome by Shawn Levy
RRP: £12.99£8.83SUNDAY TIMES FILM BOOK OF THE YEAR'Uproariously readable ... Levy is a master of the group biography' Sunday Times'Teeming with satisfying gossipy details' Guardian'Exalts the intoxicating, beguiling dreaminess of Rome in its celluloid heyday' TLS1950s... -
Italian Soft-Skinned Vehicles of the Second World War Volume 1: Motorcycles, Cars, Trucks, Artillery Tractors 1935-1945 by Daniele Guglielmi 9781804513279
RRP: £25.00£24.29Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804513279Author Daniele GuglielmiFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Venice, A Maritime Republic by Frederic Chapin Lane
RRP: £35.00£31.88"Frederic Lane has achieved what is the often unfulfilled dream of every historian who has devoted his entire work to the exploration of partial aspects of a single broad subject: he has given us a comprehensive, thoughtful, readable, beautifully... -
Bernini: His Life and His Rome by Franco Mormando 9780226538525
RRP: £26.50£25.71Sculptor, architect, painter, playwright, and scenographer, Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680) was the last of the universal artistic geniuses of early modern Italy, placed by both contemporaries and posterity in the same exalted company as Leonardo,... -
Garibaldi: Invention of a Hero by Lucy Riall 9780300144239
RRP: £19.99£17.37The first sustained analysis of the cult of the legendary Italian hero Giuseppe Garibaldi, the Italian revolutionary leader and popular hero, was among the best-known figures of the nineteenth century. This book seeks to examine his life and the making... -
Strolling Through Rome by Mario Erasmo
RRP: £16.99£14.32A rich cultural history of Rome that brings its epic past alive, illuminating the extraordinary sights and fascinating secrets of one of Europe's most beguiling cities. Rome, the Eternal City - birthplace of western civilisation and soul of the... -
Ravenna: Capital of Empire, Crucible of Europe by Judith Herrin 9780691153438
£38.63A riveting history of the city that led the West out of the ruins of the Roman EmpireAt the end of the fourth century, as the power of Rome faded and Constantinople became the seat of empire, a new capital city was rising in the West. Here, in Ravenna on... -
A Tuscan Childhood Kinta Beevor 9781780228648
RRP: £9.99£7.00'Wonderful ... I fell immediately into her world' Frances Mayes, author of Under the Tuscan SunKinta Beevor was five years old when she fell in love with her parents' castle facing the Carrara mountains. She and her brother ran barefoot, exploring an... -
Sidereus Nuncius, or the Sidereal Messenger by Galileo Galilei
RRP: £16.00£15.77Galileo Galilei's Sidereus Nuncius is arguably the most dramatic scientific book ever published. It announced new and unexpected phenomena in the heavens, "unheard of through the ages," revealed by a mysterious new instrument. Galileo had ingeniously... -
The Borgias Christopher Hibbert 9781849019941
RRP: £10.99£7.99The name Borgia is synonymous with the corruption, nepotism, and greed that were rife in Renaissance Italy. The powerful, voracious Rodrigo Borgia, better known to history as Pope Alexander VI, was the central figure of the dynasty. Two of his seven... -
When the Mountains Dance: Love, loss and hope in the heart of Italy by Christine Toomey
RRP: £20.00£13.10'In the wake of the strongest earthquake in Italy for nearly forty years and the many aftershocks that followed, Italians began speaking of the earth beneath our feet as la terra ballerina, the dancing earth. The dance they spoke of was unrelenting... -
Old Puglia: A Cultural Companion to South-Eastern Italy by Desmond Seward
RRP: £12.99£9.23In recent years, tourists have discovered the rustic charms of Puglia, also known as Apulia, the heel stretching down from the spur of the Italian boot. The region boasts beautiful landscapes and miles of dramatic coastline, cities with Romanesque... -
The Long Range Desert Group in the Aegean by Brendan O'Carroll 9781526777379
RRP: £25.00£17.90Shortly after the invasion of Sicily and to distract German attention from the Italian campaign, Churchill ordered the occupation of the Dodecanese Islands in the Aegean. The Long Range Desert Group, retraining in Lebanon, were now part of Raiding... -
World War II Partisan Warfare in Italy Pier Paolo Battistelli 9781472808936
RRP: £14.99£12.75When Italy surrendered in 1943, it sparked a resistance movement of anti-German, anti-fascist partisans. This book explores the tactics, organizational structure and equipment of the brave Italian resistance fighters. Beginning with low-level sabotage... -
Rome: The Biography of a City by Christopher Hibbert 9780140070781 [USED COPY]
RRP: £22.00£2.80This beautifully written, informative study is a portrait, a history and a superb guide book, capturing fully the seductive beauty and the many layered past of the Eternal City. It covers 3,000 years of history from the city's quasi-mythical origins,... -
Rome: The Biography of a City by Christopher Hibbert
RRP: £22.00£16.62This beautifully written, informative study is a portrait, a history and a superb guide book, capturing fully the seductive beauty and the many layered past of the Eternal City. It covers 3,000 years of history from the city's quasi-mythical origins,... -
Italian Battleships: 'Conte di Cavour' & 'Duilio' Classes 1911--1956 Erminio Bagnasco 9781526799876
RRP: £45.00£33.66Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781526799876Author Erminio BagnascoFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint US Naval Institute PressPublisher US Naval Institute PressWeight(grams) 249g -
Alesia 52 BC: The final struggle for Gaul Nic Fields 9781782009221
RRP: £16.99£12.47In 52 BC Caesar's continued strategy of annihilation had engendered a spirit of desperation, which detonated into a revolt of Gallic tribes under the leadership of the charismatic young Arvernian noble Vercingetorix. Major engagements were fought at... -
Translating Faith: Ethiopian Pilgrims in Renaissance Rome by Samantha Kelly 9780674294172
RRP: £45.95£37.09A revealing account of the lives and work of Ethiopian Orthodox pilgrims in sixteenth-century Rome, examining how this African diasporic community navigated the challenges of religious pluralism in the capital of Latin Christianity.Tucked behind the apse... -
The Floods of the Tiber: With Additional Documents on the Tiber Flood of 1530 by Luis Gomez 9781599104539
RRP: £20.00£17.62Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781599104539Author Luis GomezFormat PaperbackPage Count 178Imprint Italica PressPublisher Italica PressWeight(grams) 231gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 10mm -
Beauty and the Inferno by Oonagh Stransky 9780857050106
RRP: £10.99£7.61Roberto Saviano is best known for his work on the Italian mafia, but Beauty and the Inferno, winner of the European Book Award 2010, also tackles universal themes with great insight and humanity, with urgency, and often with anger. This important... -
Volcanic: Vesuvius in the Age of Revolutions by John Brewer 9780300272666
RRP: £30.00£24.85A vibrant, diverse history of Vesuvius and the Bay of Naples in the age of Romanticism "Momentous and spellbinding."-Caroline Eden, Financial Times "Endlessly fascinating."-Pratinav Anil, Times (UK) Vesuvius is best known for its disastrous... -
Immodest Acts: The Life of a Lesbian Nun in Renaissance Italy by Judith C. Brown
RRP: £15.99£12.23The discovery of the fascinating and richly documented story of Sister Benedetta Carlini, Abbess of the Convent of the Mother of God, by Judith C. Brown was an event of major historical importance. Not only is the story revealed in Immodest Acts that of... -
Basilicata: Authentic Italy by Karen Haid 9781734832204
£15.47Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781734832204Author Karen HaidFormat PaperbackPage Count 238Imprint Hiller PressPublisher Hiller PressWeight(grams) 354gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 14mm -
In Sardinia: An Unexpected Journey in Italy by Jeff Biggers
RRP: £25.00£16.78Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781685890261Author Jeff BiggersFormat HardbackPage Count 354Imprint Melville House PublishingPublisher Melville House Publishing