A Druze Warlord at the Court of the Medici
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Fakhr ad-Din Ma'n was a small man with outsize ambitions, and Renaissance Emir tells his story, a...
The Classical Tradition: Greek and Roman Influences on Western Literature
Gilbert Highet and Harold Bloom
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Originally published in 1949, Gilbert Highet's seminal The Classical Tradition is a herculean feat...
The Importance of Pawns (Chronicles of the House of Valois)
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Based on historical events and characters in sixteenth-century France, this timeless tale pits envy,...
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Lyndsey Gollogly (2893 KP) rated Hidden Fire (Elemental Mysteries #1) in Books
Apr 13, 2020
Now he and Beatrice De Novo follow a twisted maze that leads from the archives of a university library, though the fires of Renaissance Florence, and toward a confrontation hundreds of years in the making.
I really enjoyed reading this! Loved the discovery of witches vibe I got. The characters are brilliant I loved them all.it flowed easy enough and I didn't want to put it down. Look forward to book 2.
Mary Tudor: The First Queen
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A striking and sympathetic portrait of England's first Queen, Mary I - whose character has been...
Empire of Things: How We Became a World of Consumers, from the Fifteenth Century to the Twenty-First
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What we consume has become the defining feature of our lives: our economies live or die by spending,...
Michelangelo's Ghost (Jaya Jones Treasure Hunt Mystery, #4)
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A lost work of art linking India to the Italian Renaissance. A killer hiding behind a centuries-old...
Zombies Have Issues
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As we know from Greg Stones's first breakout hit book, zombies hate stuff. It's less understood that...
Pig Manual: The Complete Step-by-Step Guide to Keeping Pigs
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The idea of keeping a few pigs has undergone something of a renaissance and never before has it been...
Ingenious Impressions: Fifteenth-Century Printed Books from the University of Glasgow's Library
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The University of Glasgow's library contains over 400,000 manuscripts and printed works, built up...